RHEL 4 : libexif (RHSA-2007:1166)

high Nessus Plugin ID 29776

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libexif.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2007:1166 advisory.

- libexif integer overflow (CVE-2007-6352)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL libexif package based on the guidance in RHSA-2007:1166.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?004cb589

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425561

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:1166

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29776

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-1166.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/24/2007

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-6352

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6352

BID: 26942

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2007:1166