Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840274
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-655-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'exiv2' package(s) announced via the USN-655-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'exiv2' package(s) announced via the USN-655-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Meder Kydyraliev discovered that exiv2 did not correctly handle certain EXIF headers. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could cause the application linked against libexiv2 to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly executing arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2007-6353) Joakim Bildrulle discovered that exiv2 did not correctly handle Nikon lens EXIF information. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could cause the application linked against libexiv2 to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-2696) Affected Software/OS: 'exiv2' package(s) on Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu 8.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-6353 BugTraq ID: 26918 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26918 Debian Security Information: DSA-1474 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1474 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00674.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00652.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-16.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:006 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202351 http://secunia.com/advisories/28132 http://secunia.com/advisories/28178 http://secunia.com/advisories/28267 http://secunia.com/advisories/28412 http://secunia.com/advisories/28610 http://secunia.com/advisories/32273 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:001 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-655-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4252 XForce ISS Database: exiv2-setdataarea-bo(39118) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39118 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2696 BugTraq ID: 29586 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29586 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:119 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524715 http://dev.robotbattle.com/bugs/view.php?id=0000546 http://secunia.com/advisories/30519 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:023 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1766/references XForce ISS Database: exiv2-printing-dos(42885) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42885
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