Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1533-2 exiftags -- insufficient input sanitizing
- Date Reported:
- 27 Mar 2008
- Affected Packages:
- exiftags
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 457062.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-6354, CVE-2007-6355, CVE-2007-6356. - More information:
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Christian Schmid and Meder Kydyraliev (Google Security) discovered a number of vulnerabilities in exiftags, a utility for extracting EXIF metadata from JPEG images. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identified the following three problems:
- CVE-2007-6354
Inadequate EXIF property validation could lead to invalid memory accesses if executed on a maliciously crafted image, potentially including heap corruption and the execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2007-6355
Flawed data validation could lead to integer overflows, causing other invalid memory accesses, also with the potential for memory corruption or arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2007-6356
Cyclical EXIF image file directory (IFD) references could cause a denial of service (infinite loop).
For the oldstable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 0.98-1.1+0sarge1.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.98-1.1+etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.01-0.1.
- CVE-2007-6354
- Fixed in:
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Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+0sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+0sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+0sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+0sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+0sarge1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+0sarge1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+0sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+0sarge1_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+0sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+0sarge1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+0sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+0sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+0sarge1_s390.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+etch1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+etch1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/exiftags/exiftags_0.98-1.1+etch1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.