Ubuntu 21.04 USN-4964-1 Moderate: Exiv2 DoS And Code Execution Risk

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May 25, 2021

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 issue to cause a denial of service.

This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10 and Ubuntu 21.04.

(CVE-2021-29463)

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10 and Ubuntu 21.04.

(CVE-2021-29464)

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.

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

(CVE-2021-29473, CVE-2021-32617)

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10 and Ubuntu 21.04.

(CVE-2021-29623)

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update code execution DoS attack security fix Ubuntu ubuntu code execution risk exiv2 Exiv2

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.04:
  exiv2                           0.27.3-3ubuntu1.3
  libexiv2-27                     0.27.3-3ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 20.10:
  exiv2                           0.27.3-3ubuntu0.4
  libexiv2-27                     0.27.3-3ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  exiv2                           0.27.2-8ubuntu2.4
  libexiv2-27                     0.27.2-8ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  exiv2                           0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.9
  libexiv2-14                     0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.9

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  exiv2                           0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm2
  libexiv2-14                     0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm2

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