RHEL 8 : compat-exiv2-026 (RHSA-2021:4319)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155207

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for compat-exiv2-026.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4319 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: Integer overflow in CrwMap:encode0x1810 leading to heap-based buffer overflow and DoS (CVE-2021-31292)

* exiv2: Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::printStructure (CVE-2021-37618)

* exiv2: Out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header (CVE-2021-37619)

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 8.5 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.

Solution

Update the RHEL compat-exiv2-026 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:4319.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155207

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4319.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/11/2021

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31292

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-exiv2-026, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31292, CVE-2021-37618, CVE-2021-37619

CWE: 125

RHSA: 2021:4319

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