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Debian DSA-709-1 : libexif - buffer overflow

low Nessus Plugin ID 18056

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Sylvain Defresne discovered a buffer overflow in libexif, a library that parses EXIF files (such as JPEG files with extra tags). This bug could be exploited to crash the application and maybe to execute arbitrary code as well.

Solution

Upgrade the libexif package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.0-1woody1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=298464

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-709

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 18056

File Name: debian_DSA-709.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/15/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexif

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0664

DSA: 709