USN-4270-1: Exiv2 vulnerability

5 February 2020

Exiv2 could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted image.

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It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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