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Exiv2 EXIF Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28132
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Release Date:
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2007-12-18
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Last Update:
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2008-01-10
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Popularity:
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3,039 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Exiv2 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-6353
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Exiv2, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise an application using the library.
The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error in src/exif.cpp. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via specially crafted EXIF files and may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 0.15. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 0.16.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Red Hat credits Meder Kydyraliev.
Changelog:
2008-01-10: Updated "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.
Original Advisory:
Red Hat:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425921
Exiv2:
http://dev.robotbattle.com/bugs/view.php?id=0000534
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