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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : libexif vulnerability (USN-478-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 28079

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Sean Larsson discovered that libexif did not correctly verify the size of EXIF components. By tricking a user into opening an image with specially crafted EXIF headers, a remote attacker could cause the application using libexif to execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected libexif-dev and / or libexif12 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/478-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 28079

File Name: ubuntu_USN-478-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libexif-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libexif12, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4168

USN: 478-1