Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 : libexif vulnerabilities (USN-654-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 38049

Synopsis

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

Description

Meder Kydyraliev discovered that libexif did not correctly handle certain EXIF headers. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could cause the application linked against libexif to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly executing arbitrary code with user privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected libexif-dev and / or libexif12 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/654-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 38049

File Name: ubuntu_USN-654-1.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libexif-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libexif12, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2008

Reference Information

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

BID: 26942, 26976

CWE: 189

USN: 654-1