[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#923473: exiv2: CVE-2019-9144

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: exiv2
Version: 0.26-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream
Justification: user security hole
Forwarded: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/712

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for exiv2.

CVE-2019-9144[0]:
| An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.27. There is infinite recursion at
| BigTiffImage::printIFD in the file bigtiffimage.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-2019-9144
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9144
[1] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/712

Regards,
Salvatore