GLSA 202312-06: Exiv2: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity:	high
Title:	Exiv2: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	12/22/2023
Bugs:	#785646, #807346, #917650
ID:	202312-06

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exiv2, the worst of which can lead to remote code execution.

Background

Exiv2 is a C++ library and set of tools for parsing, editing and saving Exif and IPTC metadata from images. Exif, the Exchangeable image file format, specifies the addition of metadata tags to JPEG, TIFF and RIFF files.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-gfx/exiv2	< 0.28.1	>= 0.28.1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exiv2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Exiv2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/exiv2-0.28.1"
        

References

• CVE-2023-44398
• CVE-2021-37623
• CVE-2021-37622
• CVE-2021-37621
• CVE-2021-37620
• CVE-2021-37619
• CVE-2021-37618
• CVE-2021-37616
• CVE-2021-37615
• CVE-2021-34335
• CVE-2021-34334
• CVE-2021-32815
• CVE-2021-32617
• CVE-2021-31292
• CVE-2021-31291
• CVE-2021-29623
• CVE-2021-29473
• CVE-2021-29470
• CVE-2021-29464
• CVE-2021-29463
• CVE-2021-29458
• CVE-2021-29457
• CVE-2020-18899
• CVE-2020-18774
• CVE-2020-18773
• CVE-2020-18771

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202312-06.xml

Concerns?

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License

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