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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-5044-1 Major Exiv2 Security Vulnerability Fix

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Calendar Grey August 17, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities patched in Exiv2 impacting various Ubuntu versions. Make sure your system is current to mitigate these risks.
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 image files.

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

(CVE-2021-32815, CVE-2021-34334, CVE-2021-37620, CVE-2021-37622)

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain image files.

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

These issues only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.04.

(CVE-2021-34335, CVE-2021-37615, CVE-2021-37616, CVE-2021-37618,

CVE-2021-37619, CVE-2021-37621, CVE-2021-37623)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical update instructions ubuntu software issues exiv2

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.04:
  libexiv2-27                     0.27.3-3ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libexiv2-27                     0.27.2-8ubuntu2.6

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libexiv2-14                     0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  libexiv2-14                     0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm4

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5043-1

CVE-2021-32815, CVE-2021-34334, CVE-2021-34335, CVE-2021-37615,

CVE-2021-37616, CVE-2021-37618, CVE-2021-37619, CVE-2021-37620,

CVE-2021-37621, CVE-2021-37622, CVE-2021-37623

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August 17, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical update instructions ubuntu software issues exiv2

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.27.3-3ubuntu1.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.27.2-8ubuntu2.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.11

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