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Gentoo: GLSA-200503-17 Normal: libexif Buffer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
libexif vulnerabilities on Gentoo uncovered; potential buffer overflow concerns highlighted. Users advised to update promptly to enhance security.
libexif fails to validate certain inputs, making it vulnerable to buffer overflows.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-17 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: libexif: Buffer overflow vulnerability Date: March 12, 2005 Bugs: #84076 ID: 200503-17

Synopsis ======= libexif fails to validate certain inputs, making it vulnerable to buffer overflows.
Background ========= libexif is a library for parsing, editing and saving EXIF data.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/libexif < 0.5.12-r1 >= 0.5.12-r1
========== libexif contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the EXIF tag validation code. When opening an image with a specially crafted EXIF tag, the lack of validation can cause applications linked to l...

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