Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201709-18

Severity: High
Date : 2017-09-22
CVE-ID : CVE-2017-13735 CVE-2017-14265
Package : libraw
Type : multiple issues
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-410

Summary

The package libraw before version 0.18.5-1 is vulnerable to multiple
issues including arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

Resolution

Upgrade to 0.18.5-1.

pacman -Syu “libraw>=0.18.5-1”

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 0.18.5.

Workaround

None.

Description

• CVE-2017-13735 (denial of service)

There is a floating point exception in the kodak_radc_load_raw function
in dcraw_common.cpp in LibRaw 0.18.2 leading to denial of service.

• CVE-2017-14265 (arbitrary code execution)

A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in xtrans_interpolate in
internal/dcraw_common.cpp in LibRaw before 0.18.3 leading to denial of
service or arbitrary code execution.

Impact

An attacker is able to crash the application or execute arbitrary code
by tricking the user into opening or processing a specially crafted
image file.

References

https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/96
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483988
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/99
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-13735
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-14265