Mageia 7: MGASA-2019-0331 Moderate: Libexif Out Of Bounds Write
mageia
November 19, 2019
The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: In libexif, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow
Summary
The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:
In libexif, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer
overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in the media
content provider with no additional execution privileges needed. User
interaction is needed for exploitation. (CVE-2019-9278)
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25674
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/07/1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9278
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 7/core/libexif-0.6.21-14.1.mga7
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Publication date: 19 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0331.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-9278
Topics Covered
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