CVE-2017-14859

Upstream information

CVE-2017-14859 at MITRE

Description

An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

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	CVSS:3.0/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
CVSSv3 Version	3

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1061000 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1061023 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1061025 [NEW], 1068871 [IN_PROGRESS]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SU-2018:1882-1, published Thu Jul 5 04:10:48 MDT 2018
SUSE-SU-2018:3882-1, published Fri Nov 23 13:15:49 MST 2018
SUSE-SU-2018:3882-2, published Wed Dec 12 13:12:29 MST 2018
openSUSE-SU-2017:2818-1, published Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:08:53 +0200 (CEST)
openSUSE-SU-2018:1961-1, published Sat, 14 Jul 2018 03:09:16 +0200 (CEST)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	`exiv2 >= 0.23-12.5.1` `libexiv2-12 >= 0.23-12.5.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2772
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	`exiv2 >= 0.23-12.5.1` `libexiv2-12 >= 0.23-12.5.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2018-2772
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	`libexiv2-12 >= 0.23-12.5.1`
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1	`libexiv2-26 >= 0.26-6.3.1` `libexiv2-devel >= 0.26-6.3.1`
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2	`libexiv2-26 >= 0.26-6.8.1` `libexiv2-devel >= 0.26-6.8.1`
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15	`exiv2 >= 0.26-6.3.1` `libexiv2-26 >= 0.26-6.3.1` `libexiv2-devel >= 0.26-6.3.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2018-1280
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	`exiv2 >= 0.23-12.5.1` `libexiv2-12 >= 0.23-12.5.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2772
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	`exiv2 >= 0.23-12.5.1` `libexiv2-12 >= 0.23-12.5.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2018-2772
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	`exiv2 >= 0.23-12.5.1` `libexiv2-devel >= 0.23-12.5.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-2772
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	`exiv2 >= 0.23-12.5.1` `libexiv2-devel >= 0.23-12.5.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2018-2772
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	`libexiv2-devel >= 0.23-12.5.1`
openSUSE Leap 15.0	`exiv2 >= 0.26-lp150.5.3.1` `exiv2-debuginfo >= 0.26-lp150.5.3.1` `exiv2-debugsource >= 0.26-lp150.5.3.1` `exiv2-lang >= 0.26-lp150.5.3.1` `libexiv2-26 >= 0.26-lp150.4.8` `libexiv2-26-32bit >= 0.26-lp150.5.3.1` `libexiv2-26-32bit-debuginfo >= 0.26-lp150.5.3.1` `libexiv2-26-debuginfo >= 0.26-lp150.5.3.1` `libexiv2-devel >= 0.26-lp150.5.3.1` `libexiv2-doc >= 0.26-lp150.5.3.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA libexiv2-26 openSUSE-2019-504
openSUSE Leap 42.2	`exiv2 >= 0.25-7.3.1` `exiv2-debuginfo >= 0.25-7.3.1` `exiv2-debugsource >= 0.25-7.3.1` `exiv2-lang >= 0.25-7.3.1` `libexiv2-14 >= 0.25-7.3.1` `libexiv2-14-32bit >= 0.25-7.3.1` `libexiv2-14-debuginfo >= 0.25-7.3.1` `libexiv2-14-debuginfo-32bit >= 0.25-7.3.1` `libexiv2-devel >= 0.25-7.3.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-1180
openSUSE Leap 42.3	`exiv2 >= 0.25-10.1` `exiv2-debuginfo >= 0.25-10.1` `exiv2-debugsource >= 0.25-10.1` `exiv2-lang >= 0.25-10.1` `libexiv2-14 >= 0.25-10.1` `libexiv2-14-32bit >= 0.25-10.1` `libexiv2-14-debuginfo >= 0.25-10.1` `libexiv2-14-debuginfo-32bit >= 0.25-10.1` `libexiv2-devel >= 0.25-10.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-1180

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 15 Module for Desktop Applications	exiv2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	exiv2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	exiv2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	exiv2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4	exiv2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5	exiv2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS	exiv2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	exiv2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS	exiv2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS	exiv2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	exiv2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	exiv2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	exiv2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	exiv2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	exiv2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5	exiv2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	exiv2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12	exiv2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	exiv2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	exiv2	Released