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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53534
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-709-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libexif' package(s) announced via the DSA-709-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libexif' package(s) announced via the DSA-709-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Sylvain Defresne discovered a buffer overflow in libexif, a library that parses EXIF files (such as JPEG files with extra tags). This bug could be exploited to crash the application and maybe to execute arbitrary code as well.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.0-1woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.9-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your libexif package.

Affected Software/OS:
'libexif' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
2.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0664
Debian Security Information: DSA-709 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-709
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-17.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:064
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7152
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10832
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-300.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013398
http://secunia.com/advisories/17705
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102041-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/91-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0240
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2565
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