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Scientific Linux 5.x & 4.x Moderate: libexif Integer Overflow Advisory

Calendar Jun 15, 2007 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory moderate integer overflow libexif Scientific Linux
Moderate: libexif integer overflow 
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:19:04 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: libexif integer overflow
Issue date:	2007-06-14
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4168

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way libexif parses EXIF image
tags. If a victim opens a carefully crafted EXIF image file it could cause
the application linked against libexif to execute arbitrary code or crash.
(CVE-2007-4168)

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
	libexif-0.5.12-5.1.0.2.src.rpm
 i386:
	libexif-0.5.12-5.1.0.2.i386.rpm
	libexif-devel-0.5.12-5.1.0.2.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
	libexif-0.5.12-5.1.0.2.i386.rpm
	libexif-0.5.12-5.1.0.2.x86_64.rpm
	libexif-devel-0.5.12-5.1.0.2.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
	libexif-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5.src.rpm
 i386:
	libexif-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
	libexif-devel-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
	libexif-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
	libexif-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
	libexif-devel-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
	libexif-devel-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson