Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-11592 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Exiv2 0.26
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
There is a Mismatched Memory Management Routines vulnerability in the Exiv2::FileIo::seek function of Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack (heap memory corruption) via crafted input.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2018-1882-1.NASL description This update for exiv2 to 0.26 fixes the following security issues : - CVE-2017-14864: Prevent invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::getULong that could have caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service (bsc#1060995). - CVE-2017-14862: Prevent invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::read that could have caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service (bsc#1060996). - CVE-2017-14859: Prevent invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read that could have caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service (bsc#1061000). - CVE-2017-14860: Prevent heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function via a crafted input that could have lead to a denial of service attack (bsc#1061023). - CVE-2017-11337: Prevent invalid free in the Action::TaskFactory::cleanup function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883). - CVE-2017-11338: Prevent infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883). - CVE-2017-11339: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow in the Image::printIFDStructure function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883). - CVE-2017-11340: Prevent Segmentation fault in the XmpParser::terminate() function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883). - CVE-2017-12955: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow. The vulnerability caused an out-of-bounds write in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure(), which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact (bsc#1054593). - CVE-2017-12956: Preventn illegal address access in Exiv2::FileIo::path[abi:cxx11]() that could have lead to remote denial of service (bsc#1054592). - CVE-2017-12957: Prevent heap-based buffer over-read that was triggered in the Exiv2::Image::io function and could have lead to remote denial of service (bsc#1054590). - CVE-2017-11683: Prevent reachable assertion in the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input (bsc#1051188). - CVE-2017-11591: Prevent Floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input (bsc#1050257). - CVE-2017-11553: Prevent illegal address access in the extend_alias_table function via a crafted input could have lead to remote denial of service. - CVE-2017-11592: Prevent mismatched Memory Management Routines vulnerability in the Exiv2::FileIo::seek function that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (heap memory corruption) via crafted input. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-21 modified 2019-01-02 plugin id 120029 published 2019-01-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120029 title SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : exiv2 (SUSE-SU-2018:1882-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2018-727.NASL description This update for exiv2 to 0.26 fixes the following security issues : - CVE-2017-14864: Prevent invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::getULong that could have caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service (bsc#1060995). - CVE-2017-14862: Prevent invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::read that could have caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service (bsc#1060996). - CVE-2017-14859: Prevent invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read that could have caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service (bsc#1061000). - CVE-2017-14860: Prevent heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function via a crafted input that could have lead to a denial of service attack (bsc#1061023). - CVE-2017-11337: Prevent invalid free in the Action::TaskFactory::cleanup function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883). - CVE-2017-11338: Prevent infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883). - CVE-2017-11339: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow in the Image::printIFDStructure function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883). - CVE-2017-11340: Prevent Segmentation fault in the XmpParser::terminate() function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883). - CVE-2017-12955: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow. The vulnerability caused an out-of-bounds write in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure(), which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact (bsc#1054593). - CVE-2017-12956: Preventn illegal address access in Exiv2::FileIo::path[abi:cxx11]() that could have lead to remote denial of service (bsc#1054592). - CVE-2017-12957: Prevent heap-based buffer over-read that was triggered in the Exiv2::Image::io function and could have lead to remote denial of service (bsc#1054590). - CVE-2017-11683: Prevent reachable assertion in the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input (bsc#1051188). - CVE-2017-11591: Prevent Floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input (bsc#1050257). - CVE-2017-11553: Prevent illegal address access in the extend_alias_table function via a crafted input could have lead to remote denial of service. - CVE-2017-11592: Prevent mismatched Memory Management Routines vulnerability in the Exiv2::FileIo::seek function that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (heap memory corruption) via crafted input. This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2018-07-16 plugin id 111098 published 2018-07-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111098 title openSUSE Security Update : exiv2 (openSUSE-2018-727) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2019-504.NASL description This update for exiv2 to 0.26 fixes the following security issues : - CVE-2017-14864: Prevent invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::getULong that could have caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service (bsc#1060995). - CVE-2017-14862: Prevent invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::read that could have caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service (bsc#1060996). - CVE-2017-14859: Prevent invalid memory address dereference in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read that could have caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service (bsc#1061000). - CVE-2017-14860: Prevent heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function via a crafted input that could have lead to a denial of service attack (bsc#1061023). - CVE-2017-11337: Prevent invalid free in the Action::TaskFactory::cleanup function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883). - CVE-2017-11338: Prevent infinite loop in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883). - CVE-2017-11339: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow in the Image::printIFDStructure function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883). - CVE-2017-11340: Prevent Segmentation fault in the XmpParser::terminate() function via a crafted input that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1048883). - CVE-2017-12955: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow. The vulnerability caused an out-of-bounds write in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure(), which may lead to remote denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact (bsc#1054593). - CVE-2017-12956: Preventn illegal address access in Exiv2::FileIo::path[abi:cxx11]() that could have lead to remote denial of service (bsc#1054592). - CVE-2017-12957: Prevent heap-based buffer over-read that was triggered in the Exiv2::Image::io function and could have lead to remote denial of service (bsc#1054590). - CVE-2017-11683: Prevent reachable assertion in the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input (bsc#1051188). - CVE-2017-11591: Prevent Floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input (bsc#1050257). - CVE-2017-11553: Prevent illegal address access in the extend_alias_table function via a crafted input could have lead to remote denial of service. - CVE-2017-11592: Prevent mismatched Memory Management Routines vulnerability in the Exiv2::FileIo::seek function that could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (heap memory corruption) via crafted input. This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 123209 published 2019-03-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123209 title openSUSE Security Update : exiv2 (openSUSE-2019-504)