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openSUSE: 2020:0264-1 Moderate: libexif Integer Overflow and DoS Fix

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Calendar Grey March 1, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Acquire the most recent openSUSE patch for libexif, resolving significant security vulnerabilities to maintain strong protection for your system.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for libexif fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2019-9278: Fixed an integer overflow (bsc#1160770).

- CVE-2018-20030: Fixed a denial of service by endless recursion

(bsc#1120943).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service libexif openSUSE

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-264=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

libexif-debugsource-0.6.21-lp151.4.3.1

libexif-devel-0.6.21-lp151.4.3.1

libexif12-0.6.21-lp151.4.3.1

libexif12-debuginfo-0.6.21-lp151.4.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

libexif-devel-32bit-0.6.21-lp151.4.3.1

libexif12-32bit-0.6.21-lp151.4.3.1

libexif12-32bit-debuginfo-0.6.21-lp151.4.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20030.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9278.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1120943

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160770

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0264-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service libexif openSUSE

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