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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2020-2516-01 Moderate: libexif DoS Risk

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Calendar Grey June 10, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Explore the recent libexif security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux that influences the processing of image files.
An update for libexif is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The libexif packages provide a library for extracting extra information from image files.
Security Fix(es):
* libexif: several buffer over-reads in EXIF MakerNote handling can lead to information disclosure and DoS (CVE-2020-13112)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat DoS moderate severity information disclosure libexif

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13112 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: libexif-0.6.21-6.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: libexif-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: libexif-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm libexif-0.6.21-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm libexif-devel-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm libexif-devel-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm libexif-devel-0.6.21-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source: libexif-0.6.21-6.el6_10.src.rpm
x86_64: libexif-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm libexif-0.6.21-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm libexif-devel-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm libexif-devel-0.6.21-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: libexif-0.6.21-6.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: libexif-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm libexif-devel-0.6.21-6.el6_10.i686.rpm
ppc64: libexif-0.6.21-6.el6_10.ppc.rpm libexif-0.6.21-6.el6_10.ppc64.rpm libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-6.el6_10.ppc.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2516-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2516
Issue date: 2020-06-10

Topic

An update for libexif is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat DoS moderate severity information disclosure libexif

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1840344 - CVE-2020-13112 libexif: several buffer over-reads in EXIF MakerNote handling can lead to information disclosure and DoS

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