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Ubuntu 21.04 USN-5028-1: Exiv2 Critical Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey August 2, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-5029-1 addresses a vulnerability in libjpeg-turbo, which could lead to system crashes when processing specially crafted JPEG files.
Exiv2 could be made to denial of service if received a specially crafted image.

Summary

Exiv2 could be made to denial of service if received a specially crafted image.

Software Description:

- exiv2: EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation tool

Details:

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain images.

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu image processing exiv2

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.04:
  libexiv2-27                     0.27.3-3ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libexiv2-27                     0.27.2-8ubuntu2.5

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libexiv2-14                     0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.10

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  libexiv2-14                     0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5028-1

CVE-2021-31291

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August 02, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu image processing exiv2

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.27.3-3ubuntu1.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.27.2-8ubuntu2.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.10

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