USN-5043-2

USN-5043-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Exiv2. The update introduced a new regression that could cause a crash in applications using libexiv2. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain image files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-37620)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / exiv2

Package

Name: exiv2
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/exiv2@0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7

Affected versions

0.*

0.25-4ubuntu2

0.25-4ubuntu3

0.27.2-8ubuntu2

0.27.2-8ubuntu2.2

0.27.2-8ubuntu2.4

0.27.2-8ubuntu2.5

0.27.2-8ubuntu2.6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "exiv2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "libexiv2-27"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "libexiv2-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2021-37620"
        }
    ]
}