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Debian dla-3186 : exiv2 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167277

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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 dla-3186 advisory.

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3186-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Dominik George November 10, 2022 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : exiv2 Version : 0.25-4+deb10u3 CVE ID : CVE-2017-11683 CVE-2020-19716 CVE-2022-3756 Debian Bug : 876893

 Three vulnerabilities have been fixed that could, under rare circumstances, lead to remotely exploitable DoS vulnerabilities in software using exiv2 for meta-data extraction.

 CVE-2017-11683

 Crash due to a reachable assertion on crafted input

 CVE-2020-19716

 Buffer overflow when handling crafted meta-data of CRW images

 CVE-2022-3756

 Potential integer overflow in QuickTime component

 For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 0.25-4+deb10u3.

 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

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS Attachment:
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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.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/exiv2

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11683

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-19716

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-3756

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/exiv2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167277

File Name: debian_DLA-3186.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2022

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-19716

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3756

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11683, CVE-2020-19716, CVE-2022-3756