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Medium ALAS2-2025-2728 2 CVEs

Moderate: exiv2 security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Jan 4, 2025 · Updated Jan 9, 2025

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-25112: Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vulnerable function, `QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder`, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are _not_ affected. The denial-of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. CVE-2024-24826: Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1. The vulnerable function, `QuickTimeVideo::NikonTagsDecoder`, was new in v0.28.0, so Exiv2 versions before v0.28 are _not_ affected. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted video file. In most cases this out of bounds read will result in a crash. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 exiv2 0:0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.5
Amazon Linux · 2 exiv2-debuginfo 0:0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.5
Amazon Linux · 2 exiv2-devel 0:0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.5
Amazon Linux · 2 exiv2-doc 0:0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.5
Amazon Linux · 2 exiv2-libs 0:0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.5

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Medium 5.5

    Out-of-bounds read in QuickTimeVideo::NikonTagsDecoder in Exiv2

    Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1. The vulnerable function, `QuickTimeVideo::NikonTagsDecoder`, was new in v0.28.…

  • Medium 5.5

    Denial of service due to unbounded recursion in QuickTimeVideo::multipleEntriesDecoder in Exiv2

    Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.1: an unbounded recursion can cause Exiv2 to crash by exhausting the stack. The vul…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-24826.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-25112.html