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Mandriva Update for exif MDVSA-2012:107 (exif)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Mandrake Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.4

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

11 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'exif' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in exif: An integer overflow in the function jpeg_data_load_data in the exif program could cause a data read beyond the end of a buffer, causing an application crash or leakage of potentially sensitive information when parsing a crafted JPEG file (CVE-2012-2845). The updated packages have been upgraded to the 0.6.21 version which is not vulnerable to this issue.

Affected Software

Affected Software

exif on Mandriva Linux 2011.0, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2

Solution

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)