[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#992706: exiv2: CVE-2021-34334

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: exiv2
Version: 0.27.3-3
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for exiv2.

CVE-2021-34334[0]:
| Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing,
| deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. An infinite loop
| is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted
| image file. An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to
| cause a denial of service, if they can trick the victim into running
| Exiv2 on a crafted image file. The bug is fixed in version v0.27.5.


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-2021-34334
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-34334
[1] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1766
[2] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hqjh-hpv8-8r9p

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore