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Summary
Title Exiv2 vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3852-1 First vendor Publication 2019-01-10
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-01-10
Severity (Vendor) N/A 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

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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. CVE-2017-9239 only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-11591, CVE-2017-11683, CVE-2017-14859, CVE-2017-14862, CVE-2017-14864, CVE-2017-17669, CVE-2017-9239, CVE-2018-16336, CVE-2018-1758)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.10: ﾃつ exiv2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 0.25-4ubuntu0.1 ﾃつ libexiv2-14ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 0.25-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: ﾃつ exiv2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2 ﾃつ libexiv2-14ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: ﾃつ exiv2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3 ﾃつ libexiv2-14ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: ﾃつ exiv2ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 0.23-1ubuntu2.2 ﾃつ libexiv2-12ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 0.23-1ubuntu2.2

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

References: ﾃつ https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3852-1 ﾃつ CVE-2017-11591, CVE-2017-11683, CVE-2017-14859, CVE-2017-14862, ﾃつ CVE-2017-14864, CVE-2017-17669, CVE-2017-9239, CVE-2018-16336, ﾃつ CVE-2018-17581

Package Information: ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.25-4ubuntu0.1 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.23-1ubuntu2.2

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3852-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
33 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
22 % CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
11 % CWE-617 Reachable Assertion
11 % CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')
11 % CWE-369 Divide By Zero
11 % CWE-79 Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Application 30
Application 22
Application 27
Application 38
Application 25
Application 20
Application 34
Application 3
Os 4
Os 2
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1

Nessusﾂｮ Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-8b67a5c7e2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-22 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1551.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-10 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-871fa4d189.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-27 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1147.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-23 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-1180.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-30 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-963.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2019-08-06 21:22:47
  • Multiple Updates
2019-01-10 21:18:25
  • First insertion