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diff --git a/glsa-200712-17.xml b/glsa-200712-17.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..43e5157fbefc --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200712-17.xml @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200712-17"> + <title>exiftags: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Multiple vulnerabilities in exiftags possibly allow for the execution of + arbitrary code or a Denial of Service. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">exiftags</product> + <announced>December 29, 2007</announced> + <revised>December 29, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>202354</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-gfx/exiftags" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.01</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.01</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + exiftags is a library and set of tools for parsing, editing and saving + Exif metadata from images. Exif, the Exchangeable image file format, + specifies the addition of metadata tags to JPEG, TIFF and RIFF files. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Meder Kydyraliev (Google Security) discovered that Exif metadata is not + properly sanitized before being processed, resulting in illegal memory + access in the postprop() and other functions (CVE-2007-6354). He also + discovered integer overflow vulnerabilities in the parsetag() and other + functions (CVE-2007-6355) and an infinite recursion in the readifds() + function caused by recursive IFD references (CVE-2007-6356). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could entice the user of an application making use of + exiftags or an application included in exiftags to load an image file + with specially crafted Exif tags, possibly resulting in the execution + of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the + application or a Denial of Service. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All exiftags users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/exiftags-1.01"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6354">CVE-2007-6354</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6355">CVE-2007-6355</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6356">CVE-2007-6356</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:37:57 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:27:52 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:28:18 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |