__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN libexif [Debian Security Advisory DSA-709-1] April 15, 2005 17:00 GMT Number P-184 [REVISED 28 Nov 2005] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: There is a buffer overflow in libexif, a library that parses EXIF files (such as JPEG files with extra tags). PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) Solaris 9 and 10, Sun Java Desktop System Release 2, Sun Java Desktop System 2003 DAMAGE: This bug could be exploited to crash the application and maybe to execute arbitrary code as well. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is LOW. This bug could be exploited to crash the ASSESSMENT: application and maybe to execute arbitrary code as well. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-184.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-709 ADDITIONAL LINKS: Sun Alert ID: 102041 http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-102060-1 CVE/CAN: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CAN-2005-0664 ______________________________________________________________________________ REVISION HISTORY: 11/28/05 - added link to Sun Alert ID: 102041 that provides updates addressing this vulnerability for Solaris 9 and 10, Sun Java Desktop System Release 2, Sun Java Desktop System 2003. [***** Start Debian Security Advisory DSA-709-1 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-709-1 libexif -- buffer overflow Date Reported: 15 Apr 2005 Affected Packages: libexif Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 298464. In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CAN-2005-0664. More information: Sylvain Defresne discovered a buffer overflow in libexif, a library that parses EXIF files (such as JPEG files with extra tags). This bug could be exploited to crash the application and maybe to execute arbitrary code as well. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.0 -1woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.9-5. We recommend that you upgrade your libexif package. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif_0.5.0-1woody1.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif_0.5.0-1woody1. diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif_0.5.0.orig.tar.gz Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif-dev_0.5.0-1woody1_ alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif5_0.5.0-1woody1_ alpha.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif-dev_0.5.0-1woody1 _arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif5_0.5.0-1woody1_ arm.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif-dev_0.5.0-1woody1 _i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif5_0.5.0-1woody1_ i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif-dev_0.5.0-1woody1 _ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif5_0.5.0-1woody1_ ia64.deb HPPA: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif-dev_0.5.0-1woody1 _hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif5_0.5.0-1woody1_ hppa.deb Motorola 680x0: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif-dev_0.5.0-1woody1 _m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif5_0.5.0-1woody1_ m68k.deb Big endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif-dev_0.5.0-1woody1 _mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif5_0.5.0-1woody1_ mips.deb Little endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif-dev_0.5.0-1woody1 _mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif5_0.5.0-1woody1_ mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif-dev_0.5.0-1woody1 _powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif5_0.5.0-1woody1_ powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif-dev_0.5.0- 1woody1_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif5_0.5.0-1woody1_ s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif-dev_0.5.0- 1woody1_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libexif/libexif5_0.5.0-1woody1_ sparc.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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