openSUSE 10 Security Update : libexif (libexif-3703)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27317

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A denial of service problem (crash) was fixed in the EXIF Loader of libexif, which could be used to crash the browser or image viewer when it interprets the EXIF tags in prepared JPEG files. (CVE-2007-2645)

Solution

Update the affected libexif packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27317

File Name: suse_libexif-3703.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexif, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexif-32bit

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2645

Detections

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