Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20071165
Revision Date:2007-12-19Version:637
Title:RHSA-2007:1165: libexif security update (Moderate)
Description: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.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2007-6351
    CVE-2007-6352
    RHSA-2007:1165
    RHSA-2007:1165-01
    RHSA-2007:1165-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND
  • libexif is earlier than 0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1
  • AND libexif is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libexif-devel is earlier than 0:0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1
  • AND libexif-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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