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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2249-1 libexif -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

13 Jun 2020

Affected Packages:

libexif

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 962345.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-0182, CVE-2020-0198.

More information:

The following CVE(s) were reported against src:libexif.

• CVE-2020-0182

  In exif_entry_get_value of exif-entry.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

• CVE-2020-0198

  In exif_data_load_data_content of exif-data.c, there is a possible UBSAN abort due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 0.6.21-2+deb8u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your libexif packages.

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