USN-3852-1: Exiv2 vulnerabilities
exiv2 vulnerabilities
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
- exiv2 – 0.25-4ubuntu0.1
- libexiv2-14 – 0.25-4ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- exiv2 – 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2
- libexiv2-14 – 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- exiv2 – 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3
- libexiv2-14 – 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- exiv2 – 0.23-1ubuntu2.2
- libexiv2-12 – 0.23-1ubuntu2.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
- 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-2018-17581
Source: USN-3852-1: Exiv2 vulnerabilities
