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Ubuntu 6.06, 6.10, 7.04: USN-478-1 Critical: Libexif Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey June 29, 2007
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-479-1 tackles a vulnerability in libpng that could allow for arbitrary code execution when handling malicious PNG files.
Sean Larsson discovered that libexif did not correctly verify the size of EXIF components

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security advisory remote execution patch update libexif Ubuntu 6.06 Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-478-1 June 26, 2007

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security advisory remote execution patch update libexif Ubuntu 6.06 Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04

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