Bug 1661520 (CVE-2018-5809)

Summary:	CVE-2018-5809 LibRaw: stack-based buffer overflow in LibRaw::parse_exif() and subsequently execute arbitrary code
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Laura Pardo <lpardo>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	debarshir
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	LibRaw 0.18.9	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Bug Depends On:	1661521
Bug Blocks:	1661524

Description Laura Pardo 2018-12-21 13:01:10 UTC

A flaw was found in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.9. An error within the "LibRaw::parse_exif()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and subsequently execute arbitrary code. 


References:
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt 
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/81800/ 
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-9/

Upstream Patch:
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/fd6330292501983ac75fe4162275794b18445bd9

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-12-21 13:01:29 UTC

Created LibRaw tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1661521]

Comment 2 Riccardo Schirone 2019-01-03 09:17:58 UTC

Increase Impact of the flaw to Important and set C:H/I:H/A:H because arbitrary code execution may be possible on affected versions.

Comment 3 Riccardo Schirone 2019-01-03 09:34:25 UTC

Function parse_exif() in internal/dcraw_common.cpp does not check the "len" variable when tag is equal to 37500 and it may reads more than 512 bytes in the mn_text array, causing a stack-based buffer overflow and subsequently execute arbitrary code.

Comment 4 Riccardo Schirone 2019-01-03 09:37:32 UTC

Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of LibRaw as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 as the vulnerable code is not present.