Bug 1684381 (CVE-2019-9143)

Summary:	CVE-2019-9143 exiv2: infinite recursion in Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in file image.cpp resulting in denial of service
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	jgrulich, michel, rdieter
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	exiv2 0.27	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2020-04-28 16:32:32 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1684382, 1686481, 1686482
Bug Blocks:	1683203

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-03-01 06:43:43 UTC

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in the file image.cpp. This can be triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Reference:
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/711
https://research.loginsoft.com/vulnerability/uncontrolled-recursion-loop-in-exiv2imageprinttiffstructure-exiv2-0-27/

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-03-01 06:43:54 UTC

Created exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1684382]

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2020-04-28 15:27:34 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:1577 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1577

Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-04-28 16:32:32 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-9143

Comment 8 Doran Moppert 2021-02-09 08:29:39 UTC

Fixed in exiv2 0.27 release, via commit below which restricts the use of `-pR` to only debug builds.

 https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/commit/34e411d2