Debian Bug report logs - #298464
libexif10: Vulnerable to buffer overflows

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: libexif10: Vulnerable to buffer overflows

Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 18:26:32 +0100

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Package: libexif10
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch
Justification: user security hole

Hi!

libexif is vulnerable against some buffer overflows. Please see

  https://bugzilla.ubuntulinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7152

for details. You can get the Ubuntu patch at

  http://patches.ubuntu.com/patches/libexif.security.diff

Thanks,

Martin


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages libexif10 depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

-- 
Martin Pitt                       http://www.piware.de
Ubuntu Developer            http://www.ubuntulinux.org
Debian GNU/Linux Developer       http://www.debian.org

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Message #10 received at 298464-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Frederic Peters <fpeters@debian.org>

To: 298464-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#298464: fixed in libexif 0.6.9-5

Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:17:17 -0500

Source: libexif
Source-Version: 0.6.9-5

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libexif, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

libexif-dev_0.6.9-5_i386.deb
  to pool/main/libe/libexif/libexif-dev_0.6.9-5_i386.deb
libexif10_0.6.9-5_i386.deb
  to pool/main/libe/libexif/libexif10_0.6.9-5_i386.deb
libexif_0.6.9-5.diff.gz
  to pool/main/libe/libexif/libexif_0.6.9-5.diff.gz
libexif_0.6.9-5.dsc
  to pool/main/libe/libexif/libexif_0.6.9-5.dsc



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 298464@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Frederic Peters <fpeters@debian.org> (supplier of updated libexif package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Date: Mon,  7 Mar 2005 18:56:31 +0100
Source: libexif
Binary: libexif10 libexif-dev
Architecture: source i386
Version: 0.6.9-5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Frederic Peters <fpeters@debian.org>
Changed-By: Frederic Peters <fpeters@debian.org>
Description: 
 libexif-dev - library to parse EXIF files (development files)
 libexif10  - library to parse EXIF files
Closes: 298464
Changes: 
 libexif (0.6.9-5) unstable; urgency=high
 .
   * Urgency high since it fixes a security issue.
   * Patch provided from Ubuntu by Martin Pitt, written by Sylvain Defresne.
   * libexif/exif-data.c: Add buffer size checks in several places before
     trying to access it. (closes: #298464)
   * Reference: https://bugzilla.ubuntulinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7152
   * debian/control: reworded description synopsis.
Files: 
 ea2a9569859ce74f1c07f58cc7bf9dac 579 libs optional libexif_0.6.9-5.dsc
 5c75af2ea0bac0cebc858b8ee596d5c7 4322 libs optional libexif_0.6.9-5.diff.gz
 593b699131a8b5469b0bd8ea73c4a7ff 66588 libdevel optional libexif-dev_0.6.9-5_i386.deb
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