Upstream information

CVE-2017-14858 at MITRE

Description

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the Exiv2::l2Data function of types.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.5
Vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1061025 [NEW]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s) Source package State
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 exiv2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 exiv2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP4 exiv2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP2 exiv2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP3 exiv2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS exiv2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 exiv2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA LTSS exiv2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS exiv2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 exiv2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 exiv2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 exiv2 Affected