Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-17669
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 71 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astra Linux – Vulnerability in exiv2 | 20 May 202605:53 | – | astralinux | |
| The vulnerability of the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function in the pngchunk_int.cpp library, which is used for managing metadata of media files. This vulnerability allows a attacker to cause a service failure. | 21 Mar 202100:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Exiv2 pngchunk_int.cpp file heap buffer overflow vulnerability | 15 Dec 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-17669 | 13 Dec 201700:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-17669 | 13 Dec 201700:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 3265-1] exiv2 security update | 10 Jan 202317:02 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2017-17669 | 13 Dec 201700:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian dla-3265 : exiv2 - security update | 11 Jan 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : exiv2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-2375) | 10 Dec 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : exiv2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-2576) | 19 Dec 201900:00 | – | nessus |
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
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"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.
- There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of
pngchunk_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A crafted PNG file will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
(CVE-2017-17669)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
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script_dependencies("set_linux_os_id.nasl", "ssh_get_info2.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/OS/identifier", "Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched");
script_require_ports("Host/OS/CentOS Linux-7", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-6", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7");
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
include('linux_unpatched.inc');
var distro_constraints_array = {
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux-6": {
"package_manager": "rpm-list",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "6",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "exiv2"},
{"reference": "exiv2-devel"},
{"reference": "exiv2-libs"}
]
}
]
},
"CentOS Linux-7": {
"package_manager": "rpm-list",
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{
"release": "7",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "exiv2"},
{"reference": "exiv2-devel"},
{"reference": "exiv2-doc"},
{"reference": "exiv2-libs"}
]
}
]
},
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{
"release": "7",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "exiv2"},
{"reference": "exiv2-devel"},
{"reference": "exiv2-doc"},
{"reference": "exiv2-libs"}
]
}
]
}
};
var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);
if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}
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