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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Ubuntu Local Security Checks >> USN91-1 : libexif vulnerabilities Vulnerability Assessment Details
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USN91-1 : libexif vulnerabilities |
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libexif vulnerabilities Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : These remote packages are missing security patches : - libexif-dev - libexif10 Description : Sylvain Defresne discovered that the EXIF library did not properly validate the structure of the EXIF tags. By tricking a user to load an image with a malicious EXIF tag, a possible hacker could exploit this to crash the process using the library, or even execute arbitrary code with the rights of the process. Solution : Upgrade to : - libexif-dev-0.6.9-1ubuntu0.1 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libexif10-0.6.9-1ubuntu0.1 (Ubuntu 4.10) Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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