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Ubuntu 14.10 : exiv2 vulnerability (USN-2454-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80412

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain tag values in video files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted video file, a remote attacker could cause Exiv2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected libexiv2-13 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2454-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80412

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2454-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/8/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libexiv2-13, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9449

USN: 2454-1