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Red Hat: RHSA-2020:4030-01 Low: Exiv2 Out-Of-Bounds Read

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat issued a security advisory for exiv2 with a low severity out-of-bounds read vulnerability, urging users to update packages to prevent unauthorized access.
An update for exiv2 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

The exiv2 packages provide a command line utility which can display and manipulate image metadata such as EXIF, LPTC, and JPEG comments.
Security Fix(es):
* exiv2: out-of-bounds read in CiffDirectory::readDirectory due to lack of size check (CVE-2019-17402)
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 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity out-of-bounds read exiv2 update exiv2 package

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17402 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.9_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: exiv2-0.27.0-3.el7_8.src.rpm
x86_64: exiv2-0.27.0-3.el7_8.x86_64.rpm exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-3.el7_8.i686.rpm exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-3.el7_8.x86_64.rpm exiv2-libs-0.27.0-3.el7_8.i686.rpm exiv2-libs-0.27.0-3.el7_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch: exiv2-doc-0.27.0-3.el7_8.noarch.rpm
x86_64: exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-3.el7_8.i686.rpm exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-3.el7_8.x86_64.rpm exiv2-devel-0.27.0-3.el7_8.i686.rpm exiv2-devel-0.27.0-3.el7_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: exiv2-0.27.0-3.el7_8.src.rpm
x86_64: exiv2-0.27.0-3.el7_8.x86_64.rpm exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-3.el7_8.i686.rpm exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-3.el7_8.x86_64.rpm exiv2-libs-0.27.0-3.el7_8.i686.rpm exiv2-libs-0.27.0-3.el7_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
noarch: exiv2-doc-0.27.0-3.el7_8.noarch.rpm
x86_64: exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-3.el7_8.i686.rpm exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-3.el7_8.x86_64.rpm exiv2-devel-0.27.0-3.el7_8.i686.rpm exiv2-devel-0.27.0-3.el7_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: exiv2-0.27.0-3.el7_8.src.rpm
ppc64: exiv2-0.27.0-3.el7_8.ppc64.rpm exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-3.el7_8.ppc.rpm exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-3.el7_8.ppc64.rpm exiv2-libs-0.27.0-3.el7_8.ppc.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4030-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4030
Issue date: 2020-09-29

Topic

An update for exiv2 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity out-of-bounds read exiv2 update exiv2 package

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1773683 - CVE-2019-17402 exiv2: out-of-bounds read in CiffDirectory::readDirectory due to lack of size check

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