USN-5043-2: Exiv2 regression

Releases

• Ubuntu 21.10
• Ubuntu 21.04
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

• exiv2 - EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation tool

Details

USN-5043-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Exiv2. The update introduced a new regression
that could cause a crash in applications using libexiv2. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain image files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2021-37620)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.10

• exiv2 - 0.27.3-3ubuntu4.1
• libexiv2-27 - 0.27.3-3ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 21.04

• exiv2 - 0.27.3-3ubuntu1.6
• libexiv2-27 - 0.27.3-3ubuntu1.6

Ubuntu 20.04

• exiv2 - 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7
• libexiv2-27 - 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.7

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

References

• CVE-2021-37620
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1941752

Related notices

• USN-5043-1: libexiv2-27, libexiv2-14, libexiv2-doc, libexiv2-dev, exiv2