ALAS2-2019-1321

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1321
Advisory Release Date: 2019-10-21 18:01 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-10-23 23:45 Pacific
Severity: Low
Issue Overview:

An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.4. Integer overflow in the Chunk class in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/RIFF.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted XMP data in a .avi file.(CVE-2017-18233)

An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.3. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memcpy with resultant use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a .pdf file containing JPEG data, related to XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ReconcileTIFF.cpp, XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_MemoryReader.cpp, and XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_Support.hpp.(CVE-2017-18234)

An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.4. The ASF_Support::ReadHeaderObject function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ASF_Support.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted .asf file.(CVE-2017-18236)

An infinite loop has been discovered in Exempi in the way it handles Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) data in QuickTime files. An attacker could cause a denial of service via a crafted file.(CVE-2017-18238)

An integer wraparound, leading to a buffer overflow, was found in Exempi in the way it handles Adobe Photoshop Images. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.(CVE-2018-7730)


Affected Packages:

exempi


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update exempi to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    exempi-2.2.0-9.amzn2.aarch64
    exempi-devel-2.2.0-9.amzn2.aarch64
    exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    exempi-2.2.0-9.amzn2.i686
    exempi-devel-2.2.0-9.amzn2.i686
    exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.amzn2.i686

src:
    exempi-2.2.0-9.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    exempi-2.2.0-9.amzn2.x86_64
    exempi-devel-2.2.0-9.amzn2.x86_64
    exempi-debuginfo-2.2.0-9.amzn2.x86_64

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2017-18233, CVE-2017-18234, CVE-2017-18236, CVE-2017-18238, CVE-2018-7730

Mitre: CVE-2017-18233, CVE-2017-18234, CVE-2017-18236, CVE-2017-18238, CVE-2018-7730