ALSA-2021:1758

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    ALSA-2021:1758

    Published: 18 May 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Low: exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

    Details: The exiv2 packages provide a command line utility which can display and manipulate image metadata such as EXIF, LPTC, and JPEG comments. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: exiv2 (0.27.3). (BZ#1880984) Security Fix(es): * exiv2: out-of-bounds read in CiffDirectory::readDirectory due to lack of size check (CVE-2019-17402) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-17402

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exiv2-devel

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/exiv2-devel

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.27.3-2.el8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
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