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Ubuntu: USN-3852-1 (CVE-2017-11683): Exiv2 vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3852-1 (CVE-2017-11683): Exiv2 vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/27/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
01/17/2019
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

There is a reachable assertion in the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function in tiffvisitor.cpp of Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-exiv2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libexiv2-12
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libexiv2-14

References

  • USN-3852-1
  • CVE-2017-11683

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