Bug 655842 (CVE-2018-10958)

Summary:	<media-gfx/exiv2-0.26_p20180811-r1: SIGABRT caused by memory allocation in types.cpp:Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::zlibUncompress()
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	graphics+disabled
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1578659
Whiteboard:	A3 [glsa++ cve]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	658236
Bug Blocks:

Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2018-05-16 07:26:47 UTC

From ${URL} :


In types.cpp in Exiv2 0.26, a large size value may lead to a SIGABRT during an attempt at memory allocation for an Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::zlibUncompress call.


Upstream Issue:

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/302


@maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.

Comment 1 Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev

2018-09-21 07:35:37 UTC

Fixed by https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/306 (which is for CVE-2018-10999).

Comment 2 Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev

2018-11-11 22:27:52 UTC

Cleanup/KDE done here.

Comment 3 Yury German Gentoo Infrastructure

2018-11-13 06:45:23 UTC

Arches and Maintainer(s), Thank you for your work.

New GLSA Request filed.

Comment 4 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2018-11-24 21:46:03 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 21:47:06 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).