| Name | CVE-2017-11683 |
| Description | There is a reachable assertion in the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function in tiffvisitor.cpp of Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1147-1, DLA-3186-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| exiv2 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.24-4.1+deb8u7 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 0.25-3.1+deb9u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.25-3.1+deb9u4 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.25-4+deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.27.3-3+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 0.27.3-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.27.6-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.28.3+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| exiv2 | source | wheezy | 0.23-1+deb7u2 | | DLA-1147-1 | |
| exiv2 | source | buster | 0.25-4+deb10u3 | | DLA-3186-1 | |
| exiv2 | source | (unstable) | 0.27.2-6 | unimportant | | |
Notes
http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/1307
https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/57
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475124
Problematic assert() exists in all versions in Debian.
Negligable security impact