samples/geotag.cpp in the example code of Exiv2 0.26 misuses the realpath function on POSIX platforms (other than Apple platforms) where glibc is not used, possibly leading to a buffer overflow.

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2020:1577 advisory.

  - Exiv2 0.26 has a Null Pointer Dereference in the Exiv2::DataValue::toLong function in value.cpp, related     to crafted metadata in a TIFF file. (CVE-2017-18005)

  - The tEXtToDataBuf function in pngimage.cpp in Exiv2 through 0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
    (CVE-2018-10772)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, the Exiv2::PngImage::printStructure function in pngimage.cpp allows remote attackers to     cause an information leak via a crafted file. (CVE-2018-11037)

  - samples/geotag.cpp in the example code of Exiv2 0.26 misuses the realpath function on POSIX platforms     (other than Apple platforms) where glibc is not used, possibly leading to a buffer overflow.
    (CVE-2018-14338)

  - Exiv2::d2Data in types.cpp in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer overflow) via a crafted image file. (CVE-2018-17229)

  - Exiv2::ul2Data in types.cpp in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-     based buffer overflow) via a crafted image file. (CVE-2018-17230)

  - An issue was discovered in Exiv2 v0.26. The function Exiv2::DataValue::copy in value.cpp has a NULL     pointer dereference. (CVE-2018-17282)

  - CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 has excessive stack consumption due to a     recursive function, leading to Denial of service. (CVE-2018-17581)

  - There is an infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function of image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC1.
    A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2018-18915)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, Exiv2::IptcParser::decode in iptc.cpp (called from psdimage.cpp in the PSD image reader)     may suffer from a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) caused by an integer overflow via a     crafted PSD image file. (CVE-2018-19107)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, Exiv2::PsdImage::readMetadata in psdimage.cpp in the PSD image reader may suffer from a     denial of service (infinite loop) caused by an integer overflow via a crafted PSD image file.
    (CVE-2018-19108)

  - In Exiv2 0.26 and previous versions, PngChunk::readRawProfile in pngchunk_int.cpp may cause a denial of     service (application crash due to a heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted PNG file. (CVE-2018-19535)

  - Exiv2::isoSpeed in easyaccess.cpp in Exiv2 v0.27-RC2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file. (CVE-2018-19607)

  - There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::tEXtToDataBuf function of pngimage.cpp in Exiv2     0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2018-20096)

  - There is a SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups of tiffimage_int.cpp in Exiv2     0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2018-20097)

  - There is a heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header of jp2image.cpp in Exiv2     0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2018-20098)

  - There is an infinite loop in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header of jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted     input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2018-20099)

  - The Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function in jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file. (CVE-2018-4868)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, an assertion failure in BigTiffImage::readData in bigtiffimage.cpp results in an abort.
    (CVE-2018-9303)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, a divide by zero in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp could result in denial of     service. (CVE-2018-9304)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, an out-of-bounds read in IptcData::printStructure in iptc.c could result in a crash or     information leak, related to the == 0x1c case. (CVE-2018-9305)

  - An integer overflow in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV) via     a crafted PNG image file, because PngImage::readMetadata mishandles a chunkLength - iccOffset subtraction.
    (CVE-2019-13109)

  - A WebPImage::decodeChunks integer overflow in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of     service (large heap allocation followed by a very long running loop) via a crafted WEBP image file.
    (CVE-2019-13111)

  - A PngChunk::parseChunkContent uncontrolled memory allocation in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to     cause a denial of service (crash due to an std::bad_alloc exception) via a crafted PNG image file.
    (CVE-2019-13112)

  - Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash due to assertion failure) via     an invalid data location in a CRW image file. (CVE-2019-13113)

  - http.c in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows a malicious http server to cause a denial of service (crash due to a     NULL pointer dereference) by returning a crafted response that lacks a space character. (CVE-2019-13114)

  - 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. (CVE-2019-20421)

  - An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in     the file image.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of     Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2019-9143)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-1577 advisory.

    exiv2     [0.27.2-5]
    - Fix failing test       Resolves: bz#1800472

    [0.27.2-4]
    - Drop test for the previous CVE as we test it manually and we dont have POC available       Resolves: bz#1800472

    [0.27.2-3]
    - Fix infinite loop and hang in Jp2Image::readMetadata()       Resolves: bz#1800472

    [0.27.2-2]     Rebuild       Resolves: bz#1651917

    [0.27.2-1]
    - Update to 0.27.2       Resolves: bz#1651917

    gegl     [0.2.0-39]
    - Build without exiv2       Resolves: bz#1767748

    gnome-color-manager     [3.28.0-3]
    - Rebuild again to correctly trigger side-tag gating (exiv2)       Resolves: bz#1757445

    [3.28.0-2]
    - Rebuild (exiv2)       Resolves: bz#1757445

    libgexiv2     [0.10.8-4]
    - Rebuild again to correctly trigger side-tag gating (exiv2)       Resolves: bz#1757444

    [0.10.8-3]
    - Rebuild (exiv2)       Resolves: bz#1757444

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2020:1577 advisory.

  - Exiv2 0.26 has a Null Pointer Dereference in the Exiv2::DataValue::toLong function in value.cpp, related     to crafted metadata in a TIFF file. (CVE-2017-18005)

  - The Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function in jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file. (CVE-2018-4868)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, an assertion failure in BigTiffImage::readData in bigtiffimage.cpp results in an abort.
    (CVE-2018-9303)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, a divide by zero in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp could result in denial of     service. (CVE-2018-9304)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, an out-of-bounds read in IptcData::printStructure in iptc.c could result in a crash or     information leak, related to the == 0x1c case. (CVE-2018-9305)

  - ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2017-17724. Reason: This candidate is a     reservation duplicate of CVE-2017-17724. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2017-17724 instead of     this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental     usage. (CVE-2018-9306)

  - The tEXtToDataBuf function in pngimage.cpp in Exiv2 through 0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
    (CVE-2018-10772)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, the Exiv2::PngImage::printStructure function in pngimage.cpp allows remote attackers to     cause an information leak via a crafted file. (CVE-2018-11037)

  - samples/geotag.cpp in the example code of Exiv2 0.26 misuses the realpath function on POSIX platforms     (other than Apple platforms) where glibc is not used, possibly leading to a buffer overflow.
    (CVE-2018-14338)

  - Exiv2::d2Data in types.cpp in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer overflow) via a crafted image file. (CVE-2018-17229)

  - Exiv2::ul2Data in types.cpp in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-     based buffer overflow) via a crafted image file. (CVE-2018-17230)

  - An issue was discovered in Exiv2 v0.26. The function Exiv2::DataValue::copy in value.cpp has a NULL     pointer dereference. (CVE-2018-17282)

  - CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 has excessive stack consumption due to a     recursive function, leading to Denial of service. (CVE-2018-17581)

  - There is an infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function of image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC1.
    A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2018-18915)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, Exiv2::IptcParser::decode in iptc.cpp (called from psdimage.cpp in the PSD image reader)     may suffer from a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) caused by an integer overflow via a     crafted PSD image file. (CVE-2018-19107)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, Exiv2::PsdImage::readMetadata in psdimage.cpp in the PSD image reader may suffer from a     denial of service (infinite loop) caused by an integer overflow via a crafted PSD image file.
    (CVE-2018-19108)

  - In Exiv2 0.26 and previous versions, PngChunk::readRawProfile in pngchunk_int.cpp may cause a denial of     service (application crash due to a heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted PNG file. (CVE-2018-19535)

  - Exiv2::isoSpeed in easyaccess.cpp in Exiv2 v0.27-RC2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file. (CVE-2018-19607)

  - There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::tEXtToDataBuf function of pngimage.cpp in Exiv2     0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2018-20096)

  - There is a SEGV in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups of tiffimage_int.cpp in Exiv2     0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2018-20097)

  - There is a heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header of jp2image.cpp in Exiv2     0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2018-20098)

  - There is an infinite loop in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header of jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted     input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2018-20099)

  - An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in     the file image.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of     Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2019-9143)

  - An integer overflow in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV) via     a crafted PNG image file, because PngImage::readMetadata mishandles a chunkLength - iccOffset subtraction.
    (CVE-2019-13109)

  - A WebPImage::decodeChunks integer overflow in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of     service (large heap allocation followed by a very long running loop) via a crafted WEBP image file.
    (CVE-2019-13111)

  - A PngChunk::parseChunkContent uncontrolled memory allocation in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to     cause a denial of service (crash due to an std::bad_alloc exception) via a crafted PNG image file.
    (CVE-2019-13112)

  - Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash due to assertion failure) via     an invalid data location in a CRW image file. (CVE-2019-13113)

  - http.c in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows a malicious http server to cause a denial of service (crash due to a     NULL pointer dereference) by returning a crafted response that lacks a space character. (CVE-2019-13114)

  - 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. (CVE-2019-20421)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:1577 advisory.

  - exiv2: null pointer dereference in the Exiv2::DataValue::toLong function in value.cpp (CVE-2017-18005)

  - exiv2: OOB read in pngimage.cpp:tEXtToDataBuf() allows for crash via crafted file (CVE-2018-10772)

  - exiv2: information leak via a crafted file (CVE-2018-11037)

  - exiv2: buffer overflow in samples/geotag.cpp (CVE-2018-14338)

  - exiv2: heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::d2Data in types.cpp (CVE-2018-17229)

  - exiv2: heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::ul2Data in types.cpp (CVE-2018-17230)

  - exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::copy in value.cpp leading to application crash     (CVE-2018-17282)

  - exiv2: Stack overflow in CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp leading to denial of service     (CVE-2018-17581)

  - exiv2: infinite loop in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in image.cpp (CVE-2018-18915)

  - exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::IptcParser::decode in iptc.cpp (CVE-2018-19107)

  - exiv2: infinite loop in Exiv2::PsdImage::readMetadata in psdimage.cpp (CVE-2018-19108)

  - exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in PngChunk::readRawProfile in pngchunk_int.cpp (CVE-2018-19535)

  - exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::isoSpeed in easyaccess.cpp (CVE-2018-19607)

  - exiv2: Heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::tEXtToDataBuf function resulting in a denial of service     (CVE-2018-20096)

  - exiv2: Segmentation fault in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups function     (CVE-2018-20097)

  - exiv2: Heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header resulting in a denial of service     (CVE-2018-20098)

  - exiv2: Infinite loop in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2018-20099)

  - exiv2: Excessive memory allocation in Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function in jp2image.cpp     (CVE-2018-4868)

  - exiv2: assertion failure in BigTiffImage::readData in bigtiffimage.cpp (CVE-2018-9303)

  - exiv2: divide by zero in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp (CVE-2018-9304)

  - exiv2: out of bounds read in IptcData::printStructure in iptc.c (CVE-2018-9305, CVE-2018-9306)

  - exiv2: denial of service in PngImage::readMetadata (CVE-2019-13109)

  - exiv2: integer overflow in WebPImage::decodeChunks leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-13111)

  - exiv2: uncontrolled memory allocation in PngChunk::parseChunkContent causing denial of service     (CVE-2019-13112)

  - exiv2: invalid data location in CRW image file causing denial of service (CVE-2019-13113)

  - exiv2: null-pointer dereference in http.c causing denial of service (CVE-2019-13114)

  - exiv2: infinite loop and hang in Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp could lead to DoS     (CVE-2019-20421)

  - exiv2: infinite recursion in Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in file image.cpp resulting in denial of     service (CVE-2019-9143)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1577 advisory.

    The exiv2 packages provide a command line utility which can display and manipulate image metadata such as     EXIF, LPTC, and JPEG comments.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: exiv2 (0.27.2). (BZ#1651917)

    Security Fix(es):

    * exiv2: infinite loop and hang in Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp could lead to DoS     (CVE-2019-20421)

    * exiv2: null pointer dereference in the Exiv2::DataValue::toLong function in value.cpp (CVE-2017-18005)

    * exiv2: Excessive memory allocation in Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function in jp2image.cpp     (CVE-2018-4868)

    * exiv2: assertion failure in BigTiffImage::readData in bigtiffimage.cpp (CVE-2018-9303)

    * exiv2: divide by zero in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp (CVE-2018-9304)

    * exiv2: out of bounds read in IptcData::printStructure in iptc.c (CVE-2018-9305)

    * exiv2: OOB read in pngimage.cpp:tEXtToDataBuf() allows for crash via crafted file (CVE-2018-10772)

    * exiv2: information leak via a crafted file (CVE-2018-11037)

    * exiv2: buffer overflow in samples/geotag.cpp (CVE-2018-14338)

    * exiv2: heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::d2Data in types.cpp (CVE-2018-17229)

    * exiv2: heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::ul2Data in types.cpp (CVE-2018-17230)

    * exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::copy in value.cpp leading to application crash     (CVE-2018-17282)

    * exiv2: Stack overflow in CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp leading to denial of service     (CVE-2018-17581)

    * exiv2: infinite loop in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in image.cpp (CVE-2018-18915)

    * exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::IptcParser::decode in iptc.cpp (CVE-2018-19107)

    * exiv2: infinite loop in Exiv2::PsdImage::readMetadata in psdimage.cpp (CVE-2018-19108)

    * exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in PngChunk::readRawProfile in pngchunk_int.cpp (CVE-2018-19535)

    * exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::isoSpeed in easyaccess.cpp (CVE-2018-19607)

    * exiv2: Heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::tEXtToDataBuf function resulting in a denial of service     (CVE-2018-20096)

    * exiv2: Segmentation fault in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups function     (CVE-2018-20097)

    * exiv2: Heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header resulting in a denial of service     (CVE-2018-20098)

    * exiv2: Infinite loop in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header resulting in a denial of service     (CVE-2018-20099)

    * exiv2: infinite recursion in Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in file image.cpp resulting in denial of     service (CVE-2019-9143)

    * exiv2: denial of service in PngImage::readMetadata (CVE-2019-13109)

    * exiv2: integer overflow in WebPImage::decodeChunks leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-13111)

    * exiv2: uncontrolled memory allocation in PngChunk::parseChunkContent causing denial of service     (CVE-2019-13112)

    * exiv2: invalid data location in CRW image file causing denial of service (CVE-2019-13113)

    * exiv2: null-pointer dereference in http.c causing denial of service (CVE-2019-13114)

    * exiv2: out of bounds read in IptcData::printStructure in iptc.c (CVE-2018-9306)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
184918	Rocky Linux 8 : exiv2 (RLSA-2020:1577)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
180882	Oracle Linux 8 : exiv2 (ELSA-2020-1577)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
157709	AlmaLinux 8 : exiv2 (ALSA-2020:1577)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
145828	CentOS 8 : exiv2 (CESA-2020:1577)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
143032	RHEL 8 : exiv2 (RHSA-2020:1577)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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