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openSUSE: 2018:2764-1 Low Severity Exempi Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey September 20, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This latest update for openSUSE resolves multiple security concerns in exempi, tackling potential denial of service threats and addressing minor vulnerabilities.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for exempi fixes the following security issue:

- CVE-2017-18236: The ASF_Support::ReadHeaderObject function allowed

remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a

crafted .asf file (bsc#1085589)

- CVE-2017-18233: Prevent integer overflow in the Chunk class that allowed

remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via

crafted XMP data in a .avi file (bsc#1085584)

- CVE-2017-18238: The TradQT_Manager::ParseCachedBoxes function allowed

remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via

crafted XMP data in a .qt file (bsc#1085583)

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1022=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

exempi-debugsource-2.2.2-6.8.1

exempi-tools-2.2.2-6.8.1

exempi-tools-debuginfo-2.2.2-6.8.1

libexempi-devel-2.2.2-6.8.1

libexempi3-2.2.2-6.8.1

libexempi3-debuginfo-2.2.2-6.8.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

libexempi3-32bit-2.2.2-6.8.1

libexempi3-debuginfo-32bit-2.2.2-6.8.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18233.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18236.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18238.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085583

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085584

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085589

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2764-1
Rating: low
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3

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