Low: exiv2

Issue Overview:

An out of bounds read vulnerability was discovered in the way exiv2 parses Canon raw format (CRW) images. An application that uses exiv2 library to parse untrusted images may be vulnerable to this flaw, which could be used by an attacker to extract data from the application’s memory or make it crash. The biggest threat with this vulnerability is availability of the system. (CVE-2019-17402)

Affected Packages:

exiv2

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update exiv2 to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    exiv2-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
    exiv2-devel-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
    exiv2-libs-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
    exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    exiv2-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.i686  
    exiv2-devel-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.i686  
    exiv2-libs-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.i686  
    exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.i686  
  
noarch:  
    exiv2-doc-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.noarch  
  
src:  
    exiv2-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    exiv2-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  
    exiv2-devel-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  
    exiv2-libs-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  
    exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-3.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-17402

Mitre: CVE-2019-17402