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Red Hat: RHSA-2019-2048 Low Severity: Exempi Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An update for exempi is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Exempi provides a library for easy parsing of XMP metadata. It is a port of Adobe XMP SDK to work on UNIX and to be build with GNU automake. It includes XMPCore and XMPFiles.
Security Fix(es):
* exempi: Infinite Loop in Chunk class in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/RIFF.cpp (CVE-2017-18233)
* exempi: Use after free via a PDF file containing JPEG data (CVE-2017-18234)
* exempi: Infinite loop in ASF_Support::ReadHeaderObject function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ASF_Support.cpp (CVE-2017-18236)
* exempi: Infinite loop in TradQT_Manager::ParseCachedBoxes function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/QuickTime_Support.cpp (CVE-2017-18238)
* exempi: Heap-based buffer overflow in PSD_MetaHandler::CacheFileData function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PSIR_FileWriter.cpp allows for denial of service via crafted XLS file (CVE-2018-7730)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow red hat low impact exempi

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18233 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18234 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18236 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18238 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7730 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html-single/7.7_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.i686.rpm exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.x86_64.rpm exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.el7.i686.rpm exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.el7.i686.rpm exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.el7.x86_64.rpm exempi-devel-2.2.0-9.el7.i686.rpm exempi-devel-2.2.0-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.i686.rpm exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.x86_64.rpm exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.el7.i686.rpm exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.el7.x86_64.rpm exempi-devel-2.2.0-9.el7.i686.rpm exempi-devel-2.2.0-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.ppc.rpm exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.ppc64.rpm exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.el7.ppc.rpm exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.s390.rpm exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.s390x.rpm exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.el7.s390.rpm exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.i686.rpm exempi-2.2.0-9.el7.x86_64.rpm exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.el7.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2048-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2048
Issue date: 2019-08-06

Topic

An update for exempi is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow red hat low impact exempi

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1555163 - CVE-2018-7730 exempi: Heap-based buffer overflow in PSD_MetaHandler::CacheFileData function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PSIR_FileWriter.cpp allows for denial of service via crafted XLS file

1558715 - CVE-2017-18238 exempi: Infinite loop in TradQT_Manager::ParseCachedBoxes function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/QuickTime_Support.cpp

1559575 - CVE-2017-18233 exempi: Infinite Loop in Chunk class in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/RIFF.cpp

1559590 - CVE-2017-18234 exempi: Use after free via a PDF file containing JPEG data

1559596 - CVE-2017-18236 exempi: Infinite loop in ASF_Support::ReadHeaderObject function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ASF_Support.cpp

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