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EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : exiv2 (EulerOS-SA-2020-1844)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139947

Synopsis

The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the version of the exiv2 packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

 - A command line utility to access image metadata, allowing one to: * print the Exif metadata of Jpeg images as summary info, interpreted values, or the plain data for each tag * print the Iptc metadata of Jpeg images * print the Jpeg comment of Jpeg images * set, add and delete Exif and Iptc metadata of Jpeg images * adjust the Exif timestamp (that's how it all started...) * rename Exif image files according to the Exif timestamp * extract, insert and delete Exif metadata (including thumbnails),Iptc metadata and Jpeg commentsSecurity Fix(es):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 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.

Solution

Update the affected exiv2 package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6fa191a2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139947

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2020-1844.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 8/28/2020

Updated: 2/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20421

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:exiv2, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:exiv2-libs, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0

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

Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20421