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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840009
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-478-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libexif' package(s) announced via the USN-478-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libexif' package(s) announced via the USN-478-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Sean Larsson discovered that libexif did not correctly verify the size of
EXIF components. By tricking a user into opening an image with specially
crafted EXIF headers, a remote attacker could cause the application
using libexif to execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Affected Software/OS:
'libexif' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 6.10, Ubuntu 7.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-4168
BugTraq ID: 24461
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24461
Bugtraq: 20070622 FLEA-2007-0028-1: libexif (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472046/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1310 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1310
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-09.xml
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=543
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:128
http://osvdb.org/35379
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9349
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2007:0501
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0501.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018240
http://secunia.com/advisories/25642
http://secunia.com/advisories/25645
http://secunia.com/advisories/25674
http://secunia.com/advisories/25717/
http://secunia.com/advisories/25746
http://secunia.com/advisories/25768
http://secunia.com/advisories/25820
http://secunia.com/advisories/25842
http://secunia.com/advisories/25932
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2007:039 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_39_libexif.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:014 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-478-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2165
XForce ISS Database: multiple-libexif-exifdataloaddataentry-bo(34851)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34851
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