RHEL 8 : exiv2 (RHSA-2021:3232)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165160

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for exiv2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3232 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: Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in jp2image.cpp (CVE-2021-31291)

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.

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.

Solution

Update the RHEL exiv2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:3232.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165160

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-3232.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/15/2022

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31291

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:exiv2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:exiv2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:exiv2-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:exiv2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31291

CWE: 787

RHSA: 2021:3232

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