CentOS 7 : exempi (CESA-2019:2048)

high Nessus Plugin ID 128339

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for exempi is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link (s) in the References section.

Exempi provides a library for easy parsing of XMP metadata. It is a port of Adobe XMP SDK to work on UNIX and to be build with GNU automake. It includes XMPCore and XMPFiles.

Security Fix(es) :

* exempi: Infinite Loop in Chunk class in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ RIFF.cpp (CVE-2017-18233)

* exempi: Use after free via a PDF file containing JPEG data (CVE-2017-18234)

* exempi: Infinite loop in ASF_Support::ReadHeaderObject function in XMPFiles /source/FormatSupport/ASF_Support.cpp (CVE-2017-18236)

* exempi: Infinite loop in TradQT_Manager::ParseCachedBoxes function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/QuickTime_Support.cpp (CVE-2017-18238)

* exempi: Heap-based buffer overflow in PSD_MetaHandler::CacheFileData function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PSIR_FileWriter.cpp allows for denial of service via crafted XLS file (CVE-2018-7730)

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 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected exempi packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128339

File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-2048.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2019

Updated: 4/30/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18234

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exempi-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exempi

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18233, CVE-2017-18234, CVE-2017-18236, CVE-2017-18238, CVE-2018-7730

RHSA: 2019:2048

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