gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201507-03.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201507-03">
  <title>Exiv2: Denial of Service</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in Exiv2 could lead to Denial of Service condition.</synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">exiv2</product>
  <announced>July 07, 2015</announced>
  <revised>July 07, 2015: 1</revised>
  <bug>534608</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-gfx/exiv2" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.24-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.24-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command line utility to manage image
      metadata.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Exiv2 has a buffer overflow in the RiffVideo::infoTagsHandler function
      in riffvideo.cpp.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via
      a specially crafted AVI file with IKEY INFO tag.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Exiv2 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-gfx/exiv2-0.24-r1"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9449">CVE-2014-9449</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:51:42 +0000">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 07 Jul 2015 06:47:36 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>