Ubuntu 19.04: 4056-1 Moderate: Exiv2 Denial of Service Issues

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July 15, 2019

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 PSD files.

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

(CVE-2018-19107, CVE-2018-19108)

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain PNG files.

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

(CVE-2018-19535, CVE-2019-13112)

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain CRW files.

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

(CVE-2019-13110, CVE-2019-13113)

It was discovered that incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests.

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

(CVE-2019-13114)

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu update instructions exiv2 CVE references

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  exiv2                           0.25-4ubuntu1.1
  libexiv2-14                     0.25-4ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  exiv2                           0.25-4ubuntu0.2
  libexiv2-14                     0.25-4ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  exiv2                           0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.3
  libexiv2-14                     0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  exiv2                           0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.4
  libexiv2-14                     0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.4

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