openSUSE 10 Security Update : libexif (libexif-4886)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29958

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Two bugs in libexif were identified by a Google Security Audit done by Meder Kydyraliev.

CVE-2007-6351: Loading EXIF data could be used to cause a infinite recursion and crash CVE-2007-6352: Integer overflows in the thumbnail handler could be used to overflow buffers and potentially execute code or crash a program using libexif.

Solution

Update the affected libexif packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29958

File Name: suse_libexif-4886.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/14/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:novell:opensuse:10.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexif-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexif-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexif

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2008

Reference Information

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

CWE: 189

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