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Debian: DSA-2748-1 Moderate: Exactimage Denial Of Service Advisory

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Calendar Grey September 1, 2013
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A few vulnerabilities related to denial-of-service were addressed in the dcraw library within the exactimage module to improve overall protection.
Several denial-of-service vulnerabilities were discovered in the dcraw code base, a program for procesing raw format images from digital cameras
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Summary

Several denial-of-service vulnerabilities were discovered in the dcraw
code base, a program for procesing raw format images from digital
cameras. This update corrects them in the copy that is embedded in
the exactimage package.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.1-3+deb6u2.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.5-5+deb7u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.9-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your exactimage packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



Package: exactimage
CVE ID: CVE-2013-1438

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