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Bug 647816 (CVE-2018-5772)

Summary: <media-gfx/exiv2-0.26_p20180811-r2: Uncontrolled recursion in image.cpp:Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure() can allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file (CVE-2018-5772)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot <glsamaker>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: minor CC: graphics+disabled, krinpaus
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/216
Whiteboard: B3 [glsa++ cve]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on: 658236    
Bug Blocks:    

Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2018-02-16 01:02:57 UTC
CVE-2018-5772 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5772):
  In Exiv2 0.26, there is a segmentation fault caused by uncontrolled
  recursion in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in the image.cpp
  file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial
  of service via a crafted tif file.
Comment 1 Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev 2018-09-21 15:08:05 UTC
This should also be fixed since disabling printStructure() in https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/180 (bug 647810, media-gfx/exiv2-0.26_p20180811-r2).
Comment 2 Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev 2018-11-11 22:26:32 UTC
Cleanup/KDE done here.
Comment 3 Yury German Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev 2018-11-13 06:52:10 UTC
Arches and Maintainer(s), Thank you for your work.

New GLSA Request filed.
Comment 4 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2018-11-24 21:45:48 UTC
This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201811-14 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
by GLSA coordinator Aaron Bauman (b-man).
Comment 5 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2018-11-24 21:46:50 UTC
This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201811-14 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-14
by GLSA coordinator Aaron Bauman (b-man).