Bug 2002678 (CVE-2020-18898) - CVE-2020-18898 exiv2: stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function may lead to DoS
Summary: CVE-2020-18898 exiv2: stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure functio...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2020-18898
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2002679 2002680 2003669 2003670 2003673
Blocks: 2002681
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-09-09 13:32 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2022-05-17 09:55 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: exiv2 0.27.5
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The exiv2 program is susceptible to a stack exhaustion issue via a crafted file. The cause of this vulnerability, is due to a flaw in the code which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS). The highest threat from this vulnerability is availability.
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Last Closed: 2022-05-11 21:15:21 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:1797 0 None None None 2022-05-10 13:29:59 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:1842 0 None None None 2022-05-10 13:45:55 UTC

Description Marian Rehak 2021-09-09 13:32:36 UTC 
A stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function of Exiv2 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted file.

Upstream Issue:

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/741
Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2021-09-09 13:32:56 UTC 
Created exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2002680]


Created mingw-exiv2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2002679]
Comment 4 devthomp 2021-09-13 13:14:48 UTC 
Patch:
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/558
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-10 13:29:56 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:1797 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1797
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-10 13:45:52 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:1842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1842
Comment 8 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-05-11 21:15:20 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-2020-18898
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