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libexif infinite recursion flaw (DoS)

🗓️ 19 Dec 2007 15:34:00Reported by RedHatType 
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libexif 0.6.16 and earlier causes denial of service from crafted EXIF tags in images, possibly via exif_loader_write.

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ALT Linux		Security fix for the ALT Linux 7 package libexif version 0.6.16-alt2
17 Dec 200700:00
–altlinux
BDU FSTEC		Vulnerabilities of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, which allow a remote attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
BDU FSTEC		Vulnerabilities of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, which allow a remote attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
BDU FSTEC		Vulnerabilities of the Gentoo Linux operating system, which allow a remote attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 5 : libexif (CESA-2007:1165)
6 Jan 201000:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DSA-1487-1 : libexif - several vulnerabilities
11 Feb 200800:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 7 : libexif-0.6.15-3.fc7 (2007-4608)
24 Dec 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 8 : libexif-0.6.15-5.fc8 (2007-4667)
24 Dec 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		GLSA-200712-15 : libexif: Multiple vulnerabilities
31 Dec 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libexif (MDVSA-2008:005)
23 Apr 200900:00
–nessus
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386libexif0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1libexif-0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ia64libexif0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1libexif-0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppclibexif0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1libexif-0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppc64libexif0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1libexif-0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5s390libexif0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1libexif-0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5s390xlibexif0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1libexif-0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5x86_64libexif0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1libexif-0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386libexif-debuginfo0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1libexif-debuginfo-0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ia64libexif-debuginfo0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1libexif-debuginfo-0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppclibexif-debuginfo0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1libexif-debuginfo-0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.ppc.rpm
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