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RHEL 7 : exiv2 (Unpatched Vulnerability)

high Nessus Plugin ID 199570

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 7 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

 - exiv2: Heap-based buffer overflow in basicio.cpp (CVE-2017-12955)

 - Buffer overflow in the RiffVideo::infoTagsHandler function in riffvideo.cpp in Exiv2 0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long IKEY INFO tag value in an AVI file.
 (CVE-2014-9449)

 - exiv2 0.26 contains a Stack out of bounds read in webp parser (CVE-2017-1000126)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Solution

The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b055da93

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 199570

File Name: redhat_unpatched_exiv2-rhel7.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2024

Updated: 10/16/2024

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: 5.9

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-2017-12955

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:exiv2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9449, CVE-2017-1000126, CVE-2017-1000127, CVE-2017-1000128, CVE-2017-11336, CVE-2017-11337, CVE-2017-11338, CVE-2017-11340, CVE-2017-11553, CVE-2017-11591, CVE-2017-11592, CVE-2017-11683, CVE-2017-12955, CVE-2017-12956, CVE-2017-12957, CVE-2017-14857, CVE-2017-14858, CVE-2017-14859, CVE-2017-14860, CVE-2017-14861, CVE-2017-14862, CVE-2017-14863, CVE-2017-14864, CVE-2017-14865, CVE-2017-14866, CVE-2017-17669, CVE-2017-9239, CVE-2017-9953, CVE-2018-16336, CVE-2019-13109, CVE-2019-13110, CVE-2019-13111, CVE-2019-13112, CVE-2019-13113, CVE-2019-13114