[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#910060: exiv2: CVE-2018-17581

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: exiv2
Version: 0.25-1
Severity: important
Tags: upstream security
Forwarded: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/460

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for exiv2.

CVE-2018-17581[0]:
| CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 has
| excessive stack consumption due to a recursive function, leading to
| Denial of service.

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-2018-17581
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17581
[1] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/460

Regards,
Salvatore