Executive Summary

Summary
Title Exiv2: Denial of Service
Informations
Name GLSA-201507-03 First vendor Publication 2015-07-07
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2015-07-07
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Exiv2 could lead to Denial of Service condition.

Background

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command line utility to manage image metadata.

Description

Exiv2 has a buffer overflow in the RiffVideo::infoTagsHandler function in riffvideo.cpp.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via a specially crafted AVI file with IKEY INFO tag.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Exiv2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/exiv2-0.24-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9449 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9449

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-03

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201507-03.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-07-08 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201507-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-22 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-0301.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-08 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2454-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2015-07-09 13:28:14
  • Multiple Updates
2015-07-07 09:25:44
  • First insertion