42653 : libexif exif-data.c exif_data_load_data_thumbnail Function EXIF Data Handling Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2007-12-20	2008-11-08

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-6352" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Integer overflow in libexif 0.6.16 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an image with crafted EXIF tags, possibly involving the exif_data_load_data_thumbnail function in exif-data.c.

Classification

Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.6.17 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1019124
CVE ID: 2007-6352 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 26942
Secunia Advisory ID: 28076 28127 28195 28266 28346 28400 28636 28776 29381 32274
SCIP VulDB ID: 3077
ISS X-Force ID: 39167
Related OSVDB ID: 42652
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-4278
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202350
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425561
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425621
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425631
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2068
Other Advisory URL: http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008-January/000297.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1487
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-15.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:005
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:005
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00597.html
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-15.xml
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-234701-1
Mail List Post: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/485822/100/0/threaded
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-October/000762.html
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2007:1165 RHSA-2007:1166

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Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-12-20 | Disagree?

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