CentOS 4 : libexif (CESA-2007:1166)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29753

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libexif packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The libexif packages contain the Exif library. Exif is an image file format specification that enables metadata tags to be added to existing JPEG, TIFF and RIFF files. The Exif library makes it possible to parse an Exif file and read this metadata.

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)

Users of libexif are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected libexif packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29753

File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-1166.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 12/24/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libexif, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libexif-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6352

BID: 26942

CWE: 189

RHSA: 2007:1166

Detections

Analytics