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Red Hat: CVE-2019-17402: CVE-2019-17402 exiv2: out-of-bounds read in CiffDirectory::readDirectory due to lack of size check (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-17402: CVE-2019-17402 exiv2: out-of-bounds read in CiffDirectory::readDirectory due to lack of size check (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/09/2019
Created
10/01/2020
Added
10/01/2020
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

Exiv2 0.27.2 allows attackers to trigger a crash in Exiv2::getULong in types.cpp when called from Exiv2::Internal::CiffDirectory::readDirectory in crwimage_int.cpp, because there is no validation of the relationship of the total size to the offset and size.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-exiv2
  • redhat-upgrade-exiv2-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-exiv2-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-exiv2-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-exiv2-doc
  • redhat-upgrade-exiv2-libs
  • redhat-upgrade-exiv2-libs-debuginfo

References

  • CVE-2019-17402
  • RHSA-2020:4030
  • RHSA-2021:1758

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