Debian Security Advisory

DLA-963-1 exiv2 -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

29 May 2017

Affected Packages:

exiv2

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 863410.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-9239.

More information:

It was discovered that the exiv2 library fails to parse some crafted tiff images, leading to denial of service via application crash.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 0.23-1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your exiv2 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS