Bug#872045: opencv: CVE-2017-12600 CVE-2017-12602

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: opencv
Version: 2.4.9.1+dfsg1-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9311

Hi,

the following vulnerabilities were published for opencv.

CVE-2017-12600[0]:
| OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has a denial
| of service (CPU consumption) issue, as demonstrated by the
| 11-opencv-dos-cpu-exhaust test case.

CVE-2017-12602[1]:
| OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has a denial
| of service (memory consumption) issue, as demonstrated by the
| 10-opencv-dos-memory-exhaust test case.

If you fix the vulnerabilities please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) ids in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12600
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12600
[1] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12602
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12602
[2] https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9311

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore