Lucene search

K
centosCentOS ProjectCESA-2007:1165
HistoryDec 21, 2007 - 12:49 a.m.

libexif security update

2007-12-2100:49:29
CentOS Project
lists.centos.org
47
libexif package
image file format
metadata
exif library
vulnerability
cve-2007-6351
cve-2007-6352
centos
upstream access

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.027

Percentile

90.9%

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:1165

The libexif packages contain the Exif library. Exif is an image file format
specification that enables metadata tags to be added to existing JPEG, TIFF
and RIFF files. The Exif library makes it possible to parse an Exif file
and read this metadata.

An infinite recursion flaw was found in the way libexif parses Exif image
tags. If a victim opens a carefully crafted Exif image file, it could cause
the application linked against libexif to crash. (CVE-2007-6351)

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way libexif parses Exif image
tags. If a victim opens a carefully crafted Exif image file, it could cause
the application linked against libexif to execute arbitrary code, or crash.
(CVE-2007-6352)

Users of libexif are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to resolve these issues.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-December/076703.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-December/076704.html

Affected packages:
libexif
libexif-devel

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:1165

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.027

Percentile

90.9%