[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#894179: exiv2: CVE-2018-8977

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: exiv2
Version: 0.26-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream
Justification: user security hole
Forwarded: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/247

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for exiv2, which affects in
Debian only the exerimental version.

CVE-2018-8977[0]:
| In Exiv2 0.26, the Exiv2::Internal::printCsLensFFFF function in
| canonmn_int.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
| (invalid memory access) via a crafted file.

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

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8977
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8977
[1] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/247

Regards,
Salvatore