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Red Hat: CVE-2018-8977: Low: exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2019:2101)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-8977: Low: exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2019:2101)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/25/2018
Created
08/08/2019
Added
08/07/2019
Modified
03/03/2021

Description

In Exiv2 0.26, the Exiv2::Internal::printCsLensFFFF function in canonmn_int.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access) via a crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-exiv2
  • redhat-upgrade-exiv2-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-exiv2-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-exiv2-doc
  • redhat-upgrade-exiv2-libs

References

  • CVE-2018-8977
  • RHSA-2019:2101

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