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Debian 10 Buster DLA-3186-1 Critical: Exiv2 DoS Exploitation

debian lts
Calendar Grey November 10, 2022
Dist Debian Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5012-1 tackles severe vulnerabilities in libxml2 that could lead to remote code execution. Immediate action is required.
Three vulnerabilities have been fixed that could, under rare circumstances, lead to remotely exploitable DoS vulnerabilities in software using exiv2 for meta-data extraction
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Summary

CVE-2017-11683

Crash due to a reachable assertion on crafted input

CVE-2020-19716

Buffer overflow when handling crafted meta-data of CRW images

CVE-2022-3756

Potential integer overflow in QuickTime component

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version
0.25-4+deb10u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your exiv2 packages.

For the detailed security status of exiv2 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/exiv2

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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Package: exiv2
Version: 0.25-4+deb10u3
CVE ID: CVE-2017-11683 CVE-2020-19716 CVE-2022-3756
Debian Bug: 876893

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