Scientific Linux: CVE-2007-6351 Moderate: libexif Infinite Recursion Issue

Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:22:04 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
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From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for libexif on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: libexif security update
Issue date:	2007-12-19
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-6351 CVE-2007-6352

An infinite recursion 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 crash. (CVE-2007-6351)

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-2007-6352)

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
libexif-0.5.12-5.1.0.2.el4_6.1.src.rpm
 i386:
libexif-0.5.12-5.1.0.2.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
libexif-devel-0.5.12-5.1.0.2.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
libexif-0.5.12-5.1.0.2.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
libexif-0.5.12-5.1.0.2.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
libexif-devel-0.5.12-5.1.0.2.el4.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
libexif-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.src.rpm
 i386:
libexif-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.i386.rpm
libexif-devel-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
libexif-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.i386.rpm
libexif-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm
libexif-devel-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.i386.rpm
libexif-devel-0.6.13-4.0.2.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson