1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3852-1

USN-3852-1: Exiv2 vulnerabilities

Publication date

10 January 2019

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Exiv2.

Releases

Packages

  • exiv2 - EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation tool

Details

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2017-9239 only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-11591, CVE-2017-11683, CVE-2017-14859, CVE-2017-14862,
CVE-2017-14864, CVE-2017-17669, CVE-2017-9239, CVE-2018-16336,
CVE-2018-1758)

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2017-9239 only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-11591, CVE-2017-11683, CVE-2017-14859, CVE-2017-14862,
CVE-2017-14864, CVE-2017-17669, CVE-2017-9239, CVE-2018-16336,
CVE-2018-1758)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.10 cosmic exiv2 –  0.25-4ubuntu0.1
libexiv2-14 –  0.25-4ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic exiv2 –  0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2
libexiv2-14 –  0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2
16.04 xenial exiv2 –  0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3
libexiv2-14 –  0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3
14.04 trusty exiv2 –  0.23-1ubuntu2.2
libexiv2-12 –  0.23-1ubuntu2.2

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