Bug 1684381 (CVE-2019-9143) - CVE-2019-9143 exiv2: infinite recursion in Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in file image.cpp resulting in denial of service
Summary: CVE-2019-9143 exiv2: infinite recursion in Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure i...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-9143
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1684382 1686481 1686482
Blocks: 1683203
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-03-01 06:43 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2021-02-09 08:29 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: exiv2 0.27
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Last Closed: 2020-04-28 16:32:32 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:1577 0 None None None 2020-04-28 15:27:35 UTC

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
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