Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-20421 - Infinite Loop vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
exiv2
canonical
debian
CWE-835
nessus

Summary

In Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27.2, an input file can result in an infinite loop and hang, with high CPU consumption. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Nessus

  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-4270-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2020-02-06
    plugin id133524
    published2020-02-06
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133524
    titleUbuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 19.10 : exiv2 vulnerability (USN-4270-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4270-1. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
    # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
    # trademark of Canonical, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(133524);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/02/28");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-20421");
      script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4270-1");
    
      script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 19.10 : exiv2 vulnerability (USN-4270-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
    patches."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain images. An
    attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4270-1/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected exiv2 and / or libexiv2-14 packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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-2019-20421");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exiv2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libexiv2-14");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/01/27");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/02/05");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/02/06");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("ubuntu.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
    if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
    release = chomp(release);
    if (! preg(pattern:"^(16\.04|18\.04|19\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 19.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"exiv2", pkgver:"0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.6")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"libexiv2-14", pkgver:"0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.6")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"exiv2", pkgver:"0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.5")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"libexiv2-14", pkgver:"0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.5")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.10", pkgname:"exiv2", pkgver:"0.25-4ubuntu2.2")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.10", pkgname:"libexiv2-14", pkgver:"0.25-4ubuntu2.2")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
        extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "exiv2 / libexiv2-14");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2020-0860-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for exiv2 fixes the following issues : CVE-2018-17581: Fixed an excessive stack consumption in CiffDirectory:readDirectory() which might have led to denial of service (bsc#1110282). CVE-2019-13110: Fixed an integer overflow and an out of bounds read in CiffDirectory:readDirectory which might have led to denial of service (bsc#1142678). CVE-2019-13113: Fixed a potential denial of service via an invalid data location in a CRW image (bsc#1142683). CVE-2019-17402: Fixed an improper validation of the relationship of the total size to the offset and size in Exiv2::getULong (bsc#1153577). CVE-2019-20421: Fixed an infinite loop triggered via an input file (bsc#1161901). CVE-2017-9239: Fixed a segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function (bsc#1040973). 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 seen2020-04-10
    modified2020-04-06
    plugin id135223
    published2020-04-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135223
    titleSUSE SLES12 Security Update : exiv2 (SUSE-SU-2020:0860-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2020:0860-1.
    # The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(135223);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/08");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2017-9239", "CVE-2018-17581", "CVE-2019-13110", "CVE-2019-13113", "CVE-2019-17402", "CVE-2019-20421");
    
      script_name(english:"SUSE SLES12 Security Update : exiv2 (SUSE-SU-2020:0860-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "This update for exiv2 fixes the following issues :
    
    CVE-2018-17581: Fixed an excessive stack consumption in
    CiffDirectory:readDirectory() which might have led to denial of
    service (bsc#1110282).
    
    CVE-2019-13110: Fixed an integer overflow and an out of bounds read in
    CiffDirectory:readDirectory which might have led to denial of service
    (bsc#1142678).
    
    CVE-2019-13113: Fixed a potential denial of service via an invalid
    data location in a CRW image (bsc#1142683).
    
    CVE-2019-17402: Fixed an improper validation of the relationship of
    the total size to the offset and size in Exiv2::getULong
    (bsc#1153577).
    
    CVE-2019-20421: Fixed an infinite loop triggered via an input file
    (bsc#1161901).
    
    CVE-2017-9239: Fixed a segmentation fault in
    TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function (bsc#1040973).
    
    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."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1040973"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110282"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142678"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142683"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153577"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161901"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9239/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17581/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13110/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13113/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17402/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20421/"
      );
      # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20200860-1/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bba0043d"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended
    installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.
    
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:zypper in -t
    patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-860=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t
    patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2020-860=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-860=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-860=1"
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:exiv2-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:exiv2-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2-12-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/05/26");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/04/03");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/04/06");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES12)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLES12", "SUSE " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);
    
    sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
    if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
    if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP4/5", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"exiv2-debuginfo-0.23-12.8.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"exiv2-debugsource-0.23-12.8.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"libexiv2-12-0.23-12.8.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"libexiv2-12-debuginfo-0.23-12.8.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"exiv2-debuginfo-0.23-12.8.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"exiv2-debugsource-0.23-12.8.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"libexiv2-12-0.23-12.8.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"libexiv2-12-debuginfo-0.23-12.8.1")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "exiv2");
    }
    

Redhat

rpms
  • exiv2-0:0.27.2-5.el8
  • exiv2-debuginfo-0:0.27.2-5.el8
  • exiv2-debugsource-0:0.27.2-5.el8
  • exiv2-devel-0:0.27.2-5.el8
  • exiv2-doc-0:0.27.2-5.el8
  • exiv2-libs-0:0.27.2-5.el8
  • exiv2-libs-debuginfo-0:0.27.2-5.el8
  • gegl-0:0.2.0-39.el8
  • gegl-debuginfo-0:0.2.0-39.el8
  • gegl-debugsource-0:0.2.0-39.el8
  • gnome-color-manager-0:3.28.0-3.el8
  • gnome-color-manager-debuginfo-0:3.28.0-3.el8
  • gnome-color-manager-debugsource-0:3.28.0-3.el8
  • libgexiv2-0:0.10.8-4.el8
  • libgexiv2-debuginfo-0:0.10.8-4.el8
  • libgexiv2-debugsource-0:0.10.8-4.el8
  • libgexiv2-devel-0:0.10.8-4.el8