MEDIUM6.5
PYSEC-2019-257
Details
http.c in Exiv2 through 0.27.1 allows a malicious http server to cause a denial of service (crash due to a NULL pointer dereference) by returning a crafted response that lacks a space character.
Are you affected?
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Affected packages
PyPI/exiv2
No fixed version published yet for exiv2 (pip). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00009.html[WEB]
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FGBT5OD2TF4AIXJUC56WOUJRHAZLZ4DC/[WEB]
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K45429077?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS[WEB]
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html[ADVISORY]
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4056-1/[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/793[FIX]
- https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/815[FIX]