Debian DSA-4958-1 : exiv2 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 152565

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-4958 advisory.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exiv2, a C++ library and a command line utility to manage image metadata which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed file is parsed. For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 0.25-4+deb10u2. We recommend that you upgrade your exiv2 packages. For the detailed security status of exiv2 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/exiv2

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

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

Solution

Upgrade the exiv2 packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 0.25-4+deb10u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 152565

File Name: debian_DSA-4958.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/14/2021

Updated: 1/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2021-29457

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexiv2-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exiv2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexiv2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexiv2-14

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20421, CVE-2021-29457, CVE-2021-29473, CVE-2021-31292, CVE-2021-3482

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