National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4168

Overview

Integer overflow in the exif_data_load_data_entry function in libexif/exif-data.c in Libexif before 0.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via an image with many EXIF components, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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External Source: FRSIRT

Name: ADV-2007-2165

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/2165

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=515385

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=515385

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25642

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25642

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20070613 Multiple Vendor libexif Integer Overflow Heap Corruption Vulnerability

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=543

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0501

Hyperlink:https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0501.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1482

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1482

External Source: XF

Name: multiple-libexif-exifdataloaddataentry-bo(34851)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/34851

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-478-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-478-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018240

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018240

External Source: BID

Name: 24461

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24461

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070622 FLEA-2007-0028-1: libexif

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/472046/100/0/threaded

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:039

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_39_libexif.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2007:014

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:128

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:128

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1310

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1310

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200706-09

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-09.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26083

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26083

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25932

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25932

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25842

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25842

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25820

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25820

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25768

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25768

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25746

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25746

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25674

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25674

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25645

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25645