openSUSE 10 Security Update : libexif5 (libexif5-3724)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27320

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A denial of service problem (crash) was fixed in the EXIF Loader of libexif, which could be used to crash the browser or image viewer when it interprets the EXIF tags in prepared JPEG files. (CVE-2007-2645)

Solution

Update the affected libexif5 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27320

File Name: suse_libexif5-3724.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexif5, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2645