A stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted file.

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:1797 advisory.

  - A stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted file. (CVE-2020-18898)

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

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:1842 advisory.

  - A stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted file. (CVE-2020-18898)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3598-1 advisory.

  - In Exiv2 0.26, there is a segmentation fault caused by uncontrolled recursion in the     Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in the image.cpp file. Remote attackers could leverage this     vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file. (CVE-2018-5772)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, jpgimage.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (image.cpp     Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file. (CVE-2018-8976)

  - In Exiv2 0.26, the Exiv2::Internal::printCsLensFFFF function in canonmn_int.cpp allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (invalid memory access) via a crafted file. (CVE-2018-8977)

  - 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)

  - 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)

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

According to the versions of the exiv2 package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted file. (CVE-2020-18898)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-1797 advisory.

    [0.26-7]
    - Fix stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function       Resolves: bz#2003669

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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 a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-1842 advisory.

    [0.27.5-2]
    - Remove RPATH       Resolves: bz#2018422

    [0.27.5-1]
    - Exiv2 0.27.5       Resolves: bz#2018422

      Fix stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function leading to DoS       Resolves: bz#2003673

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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 a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:1842 advisory.

  - A stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted file. (CVE-2020-18898)

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

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:1797 advisory.

  - A stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted file. (CVE-2020-18898)

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 a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:1797 advisory.

    Exiv2 is a C++ library to access image metadata, supporting read and write access to the Exif, IPTC and     XMP metadata, Exif MakerNote support, extract and delete methods for Exif thumbnails, classes to access     Ifd, and support for various image formats.

    Security Fix(es):

    * exiv2: stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function may lead to DoS (CVE-2020-18898)

    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 8.6 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 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 a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:1842 advisory.

    Exiv2 is a C++ library to access image metadata, supporting read and write access to the Exif, IPTC and     XMP metadata, Exif MakerNote support, extract and delete methods for Exif thumbnails, classes to access     Ifd, and support for various image formats.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: exiv2 (0.27.5). (BZ#2018422)

    Security Fix(es):

    * exiv2: stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function may lead to DoS (CVE-2020-18898)

    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 8.6 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 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 a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2022:1842 advisory.

  - exiv2: stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function may lead to DoS (CVE-2020-18898)

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 a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2022:1797 advisory.

  - exiv2: stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function may lead to DoS (CVE-2020-18898)

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

According to the versions of the exiv2 package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted file. (CVE-2020-18898)

  - A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Databuf function in types.cpp of Exiv2 v0.27.1 leads to a denial of     service (DOS). (CVE-2020-19716)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
184776	Rocky Linux 8 : compat-exiv2-026 (RLSA-2022:1797)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
184584	Rocky Linux 8 : exiv2 (RLSA-2022:1842)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
166183	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : exiv2 (SUSE-SU-2022:3598-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
161527	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : exiv2 (EulerOS-SA-2022-1715)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
161310	Oracle Linux 8 : compat-exiv2-026 (ELSA-2022-1797)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
161293	Oracle Linux 8 : exiv2 (ELSA-2022-1842)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
161126	AlmaLinux 8 : exiv2 (ALSA-2022:1842)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
161101	AlmaLinux 8 : compat-exiv2-026 (ALSA-2022:1797)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
161036	RHEL 8 : compat-exiv2-026 (RHSA-2022:1797)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
160998	RHEL 8 : exiv2 (RHSA-2022:1842)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
160948	CentOS 8 : exiv2 (CESA-2022:1842)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
160904	CentOS 8 : compat-exiv2-026 (CESA-2022:1797)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
158484	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : exiv2 (EulerOS-SA-2022-1266)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium

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