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Debian Jessie: DLA-1551-1 Critical: Exiv2 Denial Of Service Exploit

debian lts
Calendar Grey October 21, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
Package : exiv2 Version : 0.24-4.1+deb8u2 CVE ID : CVE-2018-10958 CVE-2018-10999 CVE-2018-16336 A vu
A vulnerability has been discovered in exiv2 (CVE-2018-16336), a C++ library and a command line utility to manage image metadata, resulting in remote denial of service (heap-based ...
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Summary

Additionally, this update includes a minor change to the patch for the
CVE-2018-10958/CVE-2018-10999 vulnerability first addressed in DLA
1402-1. The initial patch was overly restrictive and has been adjusted
to remove the excessive restriction.

For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
0.24-4.1+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your exiv2 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: exiv2
Version: 0.24-4.1+deb8u2
CVE ID: CVE-2018-10958 CVE-2018-10999 CVE-2018-16336

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