SB2021050112 - Fedora 34 update for mingw-exiv2

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SB2021050112 - Fedora 34 update for mingw-exiv2

Published: May 1, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021050112
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29470)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header(). A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29473)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References