Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-654-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Meder Kydyraliev discovered that libexif did not correctly handle certain EXIF headers. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could cause the application linked against libexif to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly executing arbitrary code with user privileges.
Affected
libexif vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 7.04 ,
Ubuntu 7.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-6351, CVE-2007-6352 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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