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author | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200706-09.xml b/glsa-200706-09.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..af5a4068 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200706-09.xml @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200706-09"> + <title>libexif: Buffer overflow</title> + <synopsis> + libexif does not properly handle image EXIF information, possibly allowing + for the execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">libexif</product> + <announced>June 26, 2007</announced> + <revised>June 26, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>181922</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-libs/libexif" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.6.16</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.6.16</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + libexif is a library for parsing, editing and saving EXIF metadata from + images. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + iDefense Labs have discovered that the exif_data_load_data_entry() + function in libexif/exif-data.c improperly handles integer data while + working with an image with many EXIF components, allowing an integer + overflow possibly leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could entice a user of an application making use of a + vulnerable version of libexif to load a specially crafted image file, + possibly resulting in a crash of the application or the execution of + arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the application. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All libexif users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libexif-0.6.16"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4168">CVE-2006-4168</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:17:21 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:17:44 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:58:18 +0000"> + shellsage + </metadata> +</glsa> |