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Mandrake: Updated libexif packages fix Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake A buffer overflow was discovered in the way libexif parses EXIF tags. An attacker could exploit this by creating a special EXIF image file which could cause image viewers linked against libexif to crash. The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.
 _______________________________________________________________________

                 Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package name:           libexif
 Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2005:064
 Date:                   March 31st, 2005

 Affected versions:	 10.0, 10.1, Corporate 3.0
 ______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 A buffer overflow was discovered in the way libexif parses EXIF tags.
 An attacker could exploit this by creating a special EXIF image file
 which could cause image viewers linked against libexif to crash.
 
 The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:

  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0664
 ______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:
  
 Mandrakelinux 10.0:
 7f98f8c823d04b1aec8ec8bf3082e540  10.0/RPMS/libexif9-0.5.12-3.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
 784f8431abd3cbda25abc8294682c96b  10.0/RPMS/libexif9-devel-0.5.12-3.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
 2423d8e2cc1e3e8c71066d21d17d72a7  10.0/SRPMS/libexif-0.5.12-3.1.100mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
 8f83a355fabca8f769d1c9dad47d0702  amd64/10.0/RPMS/lib64exif9-0.5.12-3.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
 81d7acb71bd8e37dbc0fe5d9973d4863  amd64/10.0/RPMS/lib64exif9-devel-0.5.12-3.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
 2423d8e2cc1e3e8c71066d21d17d72a7  amd64/10.0/SRPMS/libexif-0.5.12-3.1.100mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrakelinux 10.1:
 e7c6cba5d064421751f62fe97a27a246  10.1/RPMS/libexif9-0.5.12-3.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
 12f5698199b00e594a7b839415fc34ce  10.1/RPMS/libexif9-devel-0.5.12-3.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
 d610996df4ade2cd8379ede0246624ba  10.1/SRPMS/libexif-0.5.12-3.1.101mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
 62a6bd730ed477e3eaad9cbcc1fafcd7  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/lib64exif9-0.5.12-3.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
 737f9820611343813338fa5135f7ec2e  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/lib64exif9-devel-0.5.12-3.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
 d610996df4ade2cd8379ede0246624ba  x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/libexif-0.5.12-3.1.101mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0:
 1f6db50292973824440d2c5018fda499  corporate/3.0/RPMS/libexif9-0.5.12-3.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 efa51f02a658c456a1a78f5d72eff888  corporate/3.0/RPMS/libexif9-devel-0.5.12-3.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 062ba77c9d11fae7e66c9d7c6ba2b4d7  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/libexif-0.5.12-3.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
 6372fdf5cf79f247869e5c3087fb8ecf  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/lib64exif9-0.5.12-3.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
 6fc1cb6724795624d8c4569834487039  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/lib64exif9-devel-0.5.12-3.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
 062ba77c9d11fae7e66c9d7c6ba2b4d7  x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/libexif-0.5.12-3.1.C30mdk.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security.  You can obtain
 the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

  http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_linux-mandrake.com

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  
 
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