[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#988481: exiv2: CVE-2021-29623

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: exiv2
Version: 0.27.3-3
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1627
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for exiv2.

CVE-2021-29623[0]:
| Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write,
| delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A read of
| uninitialized memory was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier.
| Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing,
| deleting, and modifying the metadata of image files. The read of
| uninitialized memory is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the
| metadata of a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially
| exploit the vulnerability to leak a few bytes of stack memory, if they
| can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. The
| bug is fixed in version v0.27.4.


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-2021-29623
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29623
[1] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/1627
[2] https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-6253-qjwm-3q4v

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore