MGASA-2019-0331 - Updated libexif packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 19 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0331.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-9278

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:

In libexif, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer
overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in the media
content provider with no additional execution privileges needed. User
interaction is needed for exploitation. (CVE-2019-9278)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25674
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/07/1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9278

SRPMS:
- 7/core/libexif-0.6.21-14.1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0331: libexif security update

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: In libexif, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow

Summary

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:
In libexif, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in the media content provider with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. (CVE-2019-9278)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25674

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/07/1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9278

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0331 - Updated libexif packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/libexif-0.6.21-14.1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 19 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0331.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-9278

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