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Ubuntu: 3700-1 Severe: Exiv2 Vulnerability and Denial of Service Risks

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Calendar Grey July 3, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Uncover significant vulnerabilities addressed in Exiv2 for Ubuntu users impacting various releases. Ensure your system is updated promptly.
Several security issues were fixed in Exiv2.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Exiv2.

Software Description:

- exiv2: EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation tool

Details:

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.

(CVE-2018-10958, CVE-2018-10998)

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain PNG files.

An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information.

(CVE-2018-10999)

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2018-11531)

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information.

(CVE-2018-12264, CVE-2018-12265)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update DoS access issue Ubuntu Exiv2

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  exiv2                           0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1
  libexiv2-14                     0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 17.10:
  exiv2                           0.25-3.1ubuntu0.17.10.1
  libexiv2-14                     0.25-3.1ubuntu0.17.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  exiv2                           0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.2
  libexiv2-14                     0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  exiv2                           0.23-1ubuntu2.1
  libexiv2-12                     0.23-1ubuntu2.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3700-1

  CVE-2018-10958, CVE-2018-10998, CVE-2018-10999, CVE-2018-11531,

  CVE-2018-12264, CVE-2018-12265

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update DoS access issue Ubuntu Exiv2

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.25-3.1ubuntu0.17.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.23-1ubuntu2.1

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