An exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update has been released for AlmaLinux.

ALSA-2022:1842 Moderate: exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type:
security

Severity:
moderate

Release date:
2022-05-10

Description
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: exiv2 (0.27.5). (BZ#2018422)
Security Fix(es):
* exiv2: stack exhaustion issue in the printIFDStructure function may lead to DoS (CVE-2020-18898)
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:
CVE-2020-18898
ALSA-2022-1842

Updates packages:
exiv2-0.27.5-2.el8.x86_64.rpm
exiv2-libs-0.27.5-2.el8.x86_64.rpm
exiv2-libs-0.27.5-2.el8.x86_64.rpm
exiv2-0.27.5-2.el8.aarch64.rpm
exiv2-libs-0.27.5-2.el8.aarch64.rpm
exiv2-0.27.5-2.el8.ppc64le.rpm
exiv2-libs-0.27.5-2.el8.ppc64le.rpm

Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.

  ALSA-2022:1842 Moderate: exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update