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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for libexif (ALAS-2012-126) (multiple CVEs)

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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for libexif (ALAS-2012-126) (multiple CVEs)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/13/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/28/2014
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Integer underflow in the exif_entry_get_value function in exif-entry.c in the EXIF Tag Parsing Library (aka libexif) 0.6.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a crafted buffer-size parameter during the formatting of an EXIF tag, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-libexif
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-libexif-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-libexif-devel

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