Meder Kydyraliev discovered that exiv2 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 libexiv2 to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly executing arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2007-6353)
Joakim Bildrulle discovered that exiv2 did not correctly handle Nikon lens EXIF information. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could cause the application linked against libexiv2 to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-2696)
15 October 2008
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Meder Kydyraliev discovered that exiv2 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 libexiv2 to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly executing arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2007-6353)
Joakim Bildrulle discovered that exiv2 did not correctly handle Nikon lens EXIF information. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could cause the application linked against libexiv2 to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-2696)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes.
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