The version of exiv2 installed on the remote host is prior to 0.27.0-4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2215 advisory.
Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. The out-of-bounds read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service by crashing Exiv2, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when writing the metadata, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation than reading the metadata. For example, to trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such as insert
. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. (CVE-2021-29463)
Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. A heap buffer overflow was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. The heap overflow is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to gain code execution, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when writing the metadata, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation than reading the metadata. For example, to trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such as insert
. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. (CVE-2021-29464)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2023-2215.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(180072);
script_version("1.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/08/23");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-29463", "CVE-2021-29464");
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : exiv2 (ALAS-2023-2215)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of exiv2 installed on the remote host is prior to 0.27.0-4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2215 advisory.
- Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata
of image files. An out-of-bounds read was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. The out-of-bounds
read is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could
potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service by crashing Exiv2, if they can trick
the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when writing
the metadata, which is a less frequently used Exiv2 operation than reading the metadata. For example, to
trigger the bug in the Exiv2 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such
as `insert`. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.4. (CVE-2021-29463)
- Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata
of image files. A heap buffer overflow was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. The heap overflow
is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially
exploit the vulnerability to gain code execution, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a
crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when writing the metadata, which is a less
frequently used Exiv2 operation than reading the metadata. For example, to trigger the bug in the Exiv2
command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such as `insert`. The bug is
fixed in version v0.27.4. (CVE-2021-29464)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2215.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-29463.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-29464.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update exiv2' to update your system.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-29464");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/04/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/08/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/08/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2-libs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}
if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'exiv2-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'exiv2-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'exiv2-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'exiv2-debuginfo-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'exiv2-devel-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'exiv2-devel-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'exiv2-devel-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'exiv2-doc-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.2', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'exiv2-libs-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'exiv2-libs-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'exiv2-libs-0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var reference = NULL;
var _release = NULL;
var sp = NULL;
var _cpu = NULL;
var el_string = NULL;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
var epoch = NULL;
var allowmaj = NULL;
var exists_check = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "exiv2 / exiv2-debuginfo / exiv2-devel / etc");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
amazon | linux | exiv2 | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2 |
amazon | linux | exiv2-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2-debuginfo |
amazon | linux | exiv2-devel | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2-devel |
amazon | linux | exiv2-doc | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2-doc |
amazon | linux | exiv2-libs | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:exiv2-libs |
amazon | linux | 2 | cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2 |