USN-4056-1: Exiv2 vulnerabilities
exiv2 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 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 PSD files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-19107, CVE-2018-19108)
It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain PNG files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-19535, CVE-2019-13112)
It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain CRW files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-13110, CVE-2019-13113)
It was discovered that incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-13114)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- exiv2 – 0.25-4ubuntu1.1
- libexiv2-14 – 0.25-4ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 18.10
- exiv2 – 0.25-4ubuntu0.2
- libexiv2-14 – 0.25-4ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- exiv2 – 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.3
- libexiv2-14 – 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.3
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- exiv2 – 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.4
- libexiv2-14 – 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.4
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-2018-19107
- CVE-2018-19108
- CVE-2018-19535
- CVE-2019-13110
- CVE-2019-13112
- CVE-2019-13113
- CVE-2019-13114
Source: USN-4056-1: Exiv2 vulnerabilities
