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Gentoo: GLSA-202312-06 high risk for Exiv2 remote execution threat

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Calendar Grey December 22, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A variety of vulnerabilities in Exiv2 present critical high-severity remote execution risks. Update urgently to maintain safety.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exiv2, the worst of which can lead to remote code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exiv2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo software update remote execution exiv2

Resolution

All Exiv2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/exiv2-0.28.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-18771 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-18771 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-18773 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-18773 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-18774 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-18774 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-18899 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-18899 [ 5 ] CVE-2021-29457 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29457 [ 6 ] CVE-2021-29458 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29458 [ 7 ] CVE-2021-29463 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29463 [ 8 ] CVE-2021-29464 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29464 [ 9 ] CVE-2021-29470 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29470 [ 10 ] CVE-2021-29473 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29473 [ 11 ] CVE-2021-29623 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29623 [ 12 ] CVE-2021-31291 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31291 [ 13 ] CVE-2021-31292 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31292 [ 14 ] CVE-2021-32...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-06
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Exiv2: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: December 22, 2023
Bugs: #785646, #807346, #917650
ID: 202312-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo software update remote execution exiv2

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exiv2, the worst of which can lead to remote code execution.

Background

Exiv2 is a C++ library and set of tools for parsing, editing and saving Exif and IPTC metadata from images. Exif, the Exchangeable image file format, specifies the addition of metadata tags to JPEG, TIFF and RIFF files.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected --------------- ------------ ------------ media-gfx/exiv2 < 0.28.1 >= 0.28.1

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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