GLSA-200712-15 : libexif: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29812

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200712-15 (libexif: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Meder Kydyraliev (Google Security) discovered an integer overflow vulnerability in the exif_data_load_data_thumbnail() function leading to a memory corruption (CVE-2007-6352) and an infinite recursion in the exif_loader_write() function (CVE-2007-6351).
Impact :

An attacker could entice the user of an application making use of libexif to load an image file with specially crafted Exif tags, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application or a Denial of Service.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All libexif users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/libexif-0.6.16-r1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29812

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200712-15.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 12/31/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:libexif, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/29/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6351, CVE-2007-6352

BID: 26942, 26976

CWE: 189

GLSA: 200712-15

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