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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2022:1797-01 Moderate: compat-exiv2 DoS

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Calendar Grey May 10, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
New patch released for compat-exiv2-026, classified as Moderate by Red Hat, aimed at resolving a stack overflow denial-of-service vulnerability. Review the specifics.
An update for compat-exiv2-026 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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

Exiv2 is a C++ library to access image metadata, supporting read and write access to the Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata, Exif MakerNote support, extract and delete methods for Exif thumbnails, classes to access Ifd, and support for various image formats.
Security Fix(es):
* exiv2: stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function may lead to DoS (CVE-2020-18898)
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 8.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat DoS moderate severity stack exhaustion compat-exiv2

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-18898 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.6_release_notes/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: compat-exiv2-026-0.26-7.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: compat-exiv2-026-0.26-7.el8.aarch64.rpm compat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0.26-7.el8.aarch64.rpm compat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0.26-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: compat-exiv2-026-0.26-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm compat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0.26-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm compat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0.26-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: compat-exiv2-026-0.26-7.el8.s390x.rpm compat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0.26-7.el8.s390x.rpm compat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0.26-7.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: compat-exiv2-026-0.26-7.el8.i686.rpm compat-exiv2-026-0.26-7.el8.x86_64.rpm compat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0.26-7.el8.i686.rpm compat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0.26-7.el8.x86_64.rpm compat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0.26-7.el8.i686.rpm compat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0.26-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:1797-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797
Issue date: 2022-05-10

Topic

An update for compat-exiv2-026 is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. 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 security update Red Hat DoS moderate severity stack exhaustion compat-exiv2

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2002678 - CVE-2020-18898 exiv2: stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function may lead to DoS

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