SB2018110829 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU Exiv2

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SB2018110829 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU Exiv2

Published: November 8, 2018 Updated: October 27, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2018110829
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19107)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

In Exiv2 0.26, Exiv2::IptcParser::decode in iptc.cpp (called from psdimage.cpp in the PSD image reader) may suffer from a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) caused by an integer overflow via a crafted PSD image file.


2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19108)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

In Exiv2 0.26, Exiv2::PsdImage::readMetadata in psdimage.cpp in the PSD image reader may suffer from a denial of service (infinite loop) caused by an integer overflow via a crafted PSD image file.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References