Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2284
Advisory Release Date: 2023-09-27 22:49 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-10-05 22:20 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in tEXtToDataBuf function in pngimage.cpp in Exiv2 0.27.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and other unspecified impacts via use of crafted file. (CVE-2020-18831)
Affected Packages:
exiv2
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 exiv2 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
exiv2-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
exiv2-devel-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
exiv2-libs-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
i686:
exiv2-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.i686
exiv2-devel-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.i686
exiv2-libs-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.i686
exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.i686
noarch:
exiv2-doc-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.noarch
src:
exiv2-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.src
x86_64:
exiv2-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
exiv2-devel-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
exiv2-libs-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.3.x86_64