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SUSE: CVE-2017-12955: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-12955: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/18/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/17/2018
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in basicio.cpp of Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure(), which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-exiv2
  • suse-upgrade-exiv2-lang
  • suse-upgrade-libexiv2-26
  • suse-upgrade-libexiv2-26-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libexiv2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libexiv2-doc

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:1882-1
  • CVE-2017-12955

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