PT-2018-3454 · Exiv2+8 · Exiv2+8

Published 2018-09-25 · Updated 2023-01-13 · CVE-2018-17581

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 excessive stack consumption due to a recursive function in the CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage int.cpp, leading to a denial of service. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is associated with uncontrolled resource consumption in the Exiv2 library for managing media file metadata.

Recommendations: For Exiv2 version 0.26, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the CiffDirectory::readDirectory() function until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2020:1577

ALT-PU-2019-2468

ALT-PU-2019-2590

BDU:2020-01713

CESA-2019_2101

CESA-2020_1577

CVE-2018-17581

DLA-1691-1

DLA-3265-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_4208-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_4276-1

RHSA-2019:2101

RHSA-2019_2101

RHSA-2020:1577

RHSA-2020_1577

RLSA-2020:1577

SUSE-SU-2020:0860-1

SUSE-SU-2022:4208-1

SUSE-SU-2022:4276-1

USN-3852-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Exiv2

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 135

• 🔥 https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/460 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/Exiv2 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17581 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17581 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14859 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-2101.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1691-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3265-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17581 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11591 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17581 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-1577.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17581 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16336 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3852-1 · Vendor Advisory