• Exiv2 vulnerability

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Wednesday, February 05, 2020 16:10:05
    exiv2 vulnerability

    A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
    derivatives:

    * Ubuntu 19.10
    * Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

    Summary

    Exiv2 could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted
    image.

    Software Description

    * exiv2 - EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation tool

    Details

    It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain images.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
    service.

    Update instructions

    The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
    following package versions:

    Ubuntu 19.10
    exiv2 - 0.25-4ubuntu2.2
    libexiv2-14 - 0.25-4ubuntu2.2

    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    exiv2 - 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.5
    libexiv2-14 - 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.5

    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    exiv2 - 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.6
    libexiv2-14 - 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.6

    To update your system, please follow these instructions:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

    In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
    changes.

    References

    * CVE-2019-20421

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