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Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0611906262==" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Luke Macken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Full-disclosure] [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200503-17 ] libexif: Buffer overflow vulnerability Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 15:38:51 -0500 --===============0611906262== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT" Content-Disposition: inline --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: libexif: Buffer overflow vulnerability Date: March 12, 2005 Bugs: #84076 ID: 200503-17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== libexif fails to validate certain inputs, making it vulnerable to buffer overflows. Background ========== libexif is a library for parsing, editing and saving EXIF data. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/libexif < 0.5.12-r1 >= 0.5.12-r1 Description =========== libexif contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the EXIF tag validation code. When opening an image with a specially crafted EXIF tag, the lack of validation can cause applications linked to libexif to crash. Impact ====== A specially crafted EXIF file could crash applications making use of libexif, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All libexif users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libexif-0.5.12-r1" References ========== [ 1 ] CAN-2005-0664 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0664 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-17.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCM1NbRsm3eDkOu7kRAm6dAJ9vJcOsyy+hIY9LcdLRE7nQLhEOSwCdGY8n vRVWqM3XlF9or79cv6IC1wM= =GHoh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT-- --===============0611906262== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://www.secunia.com/ --===============0611906262==-- ------------------------------ End of this Digest ****************** -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
