Out-of-bounds Read Affecting exiv2-debuginfo package, versions <0:0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.1
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed4 Apr 2018
Introduced: 4 Apr 2018
CVE-2018-9305 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 exiv2-debuginfo to version 0:0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1339.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exiv2-debuginfo package and not the exiv2-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
In Exiv2 0.26, an out-of-bounds read in IptcData::printStructure in iptc.c could result in a crash or information leak, related to the "== 0x1c" case.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9305
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/263
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/exiv2/readme.md
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2101
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.html