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RedHat RHSA-2020-2550-01 Moderate: libexif Buffer Over-Read Issue

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Ubuntu introduced a notable package update for Server 20.04 to fix critical vulnerabilities that could allow information leakage.
An update for libexif is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat DoS moderate severity image processing libexif buffer over-read

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: libexif-0.6.21-17.el8_2.src.rpm
aarch64: libexif-0.6.21-17.el8_2.aarch64.rpm libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-17.el8_2.aarch64.rpm libexif-debugsource-0.6.21-17.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libexif-0.6.21-17.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-17.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm libexif-debugsource-0.6.21-17.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libexif-0.6.21-17.el8_2.s390x.rpm libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-17.el8_2.s390x.rpm libexif-debugsource-0.6.21-17.el8_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libexif-0.6.21-17.el8_2.i686.rpm libexif-0.6.21-17.el8_2.x86_64.rpm libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-17.el8_2.i686.rpm libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-17.el8_2.x86_64.rpm libexif-debugsource-0.6.21-17.el8_2.i686.rpm libexif-debugsource-0.6.21-17.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):
aarch64: libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-17.el8_2.aarch64.rpm libexif-debugsource-0.6.21-17.el8_2.aarch64.rpm libexif-devel-0.6.21-17.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-17.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm libexif-debugsource-0.6.21-17.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm libexif-devel-0.6.21-17.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-17.el8_2.s390x.rpm libexif-debugsource-0.6.21-17.el8_2.s390x.rpm libexif-devel-0.6.21-17.el8_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-17.el8_2.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2550-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2550
Issue date: 2020-06-15

Topic

An update for libexif is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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 image processing libexif buffer over-read

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, 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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