exiv2: CVE-2019-20421

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-20421  

Debian Bug report logs - #950183
exiv2: CVE-2019-20421

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Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 21:09:01 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: fixed-upstream, security, upstream

Found in version exiv2/0.27.2-7

Forwarded to https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1011

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, carnil@debian.org, team@security.debian.org, team@security.debian.org, Debian KDE Extras Team <pkg-kde-extras@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#950183; Package src:exiv2. (Wed, 29 Jan 2020 21:09:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: exiv2: CVE-2019-20421
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 22:05:42 +0100
Source: exiv2
Version: 0.27.2-7
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1011

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for exiv2.

CVE-2019-20421[0]:
| In Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27.2, an input
| file can result in an infinite loop and hang, with high CPU
| consumption. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to
| cause a denial of service via a crafted file.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-20421
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20421
[1] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1011
[2] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/a82098f4f90cd86297131b5663c3dec6a34470e8

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore



Added tag(s) fixed-upstream. Request was from Pino Toscano <pino@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Wed, 29 Jan 2020 22:21:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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