Exiv2: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202312-06

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

Affected packages

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.

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

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

References

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

Release date
December 22, 2023

Latest revision
December 22, 2023: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
local and remote

Bugzilla entries

• 785646
• 807346
• 917650