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Rocky Linux: CVE-2021-29623: exiv2 (RLSA-2021-4173)

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Rocky Linux: CVE-2021-29623: exiv2 (RLSA-2021-4173)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/13/2021
Created
03/13/2024
Added
03/12/2024
Modified
11/15/2024

Description

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A read of uninitialized memory was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The read of uninitialized memory is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to leak a few bytes of stack memory, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4.

Solution(s)

  • rocky-upgrade-exiv2
  • rocky-upgrade-exiv2-debuginfo
  • rocky-upgrade-exiv2-debugsource
  • rocky-upgrade-exiv2-devel
  • rocky-upgrade-exiv2-libs
  • rocky-upgrade-exiv2-libs-debuginfo

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