PT-2017-4085 · Exiv2+4 · Exiv2+4

Published 2017-07-22 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-11591

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Exiv2 version 0.26

Description The issue is related to the Exiv2::ValueType function in the Exiv2 library, which is used for managing media file metadata. It involves incorrect exception handling, potentially leading to a remote denial of service attack if exploited. This can occur through crafted input, causing a floating point exception.

Recommendations For Exiv2 version 0.26, consider disabling the Exiv2::ValueType function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available to prevent potential denial of service attacks.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-2468

ALT-PU-2019-2590

BDU:2021-01444

CVE-2017-11591

DLA-1147-1

DLA-3265-1

MGASA-2017-0391

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_1961-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_4208-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_4276-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10747-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1882-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3882-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3882-2

SUSE-SU-2018_3882-1

SUSE-SU-2018_3882-2

SUSE-SU-2022:4208-1

SUSE-SU-2022:4276-1

SUSE-SU-2022_4208-1

SUSE-SU-2022_4276-1

USN-3852-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Exiv2

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 96

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473888 · Exploit
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16336 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11591 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9239 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0391.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11591 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11591 · Security Note
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2023-0316SE47MD · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1882-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:4276-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11591 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3852-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3265-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14862 · Vendor Advisory