[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#923472: exiv2: CVE-2019-9143

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: exiv2
Version: 0.26-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream
Justification: user security hole
Forwarded: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/711

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for exiv2.

CVE-2019-9143[0]:
| An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at
| Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in the file image.cpp. This can be
| triggered by a crafted file. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of
| Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

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-2019-9143
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9143
[1] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/711

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore