Infinite loop in libexif - CVE-2007-6351
Published: July 26, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31855
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-6351
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the the exif_loader_write function in exif_loader.c. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions via a specially crafted image.
Affected software
libexif
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
libexif12 (Ubuntu package)
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
libexif12 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2007-6351
Install update from vendor's website.
libexif - update to 0.6.17
libexif12 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 0.6.12-2ubuntu0.3, 0.6.13-5ubuntu0.3, 0.6.16-1ubuntu0.1
libexif12 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 0.6.12-2ubuntu0.3, 0.6.13-5ubuntu0.3, 0.6.16-1ubuntu0.1
External References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202350
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-15.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1487
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:005
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1165.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485822/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26976
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019124
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-654-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4278
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425551
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425621
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=425631
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39166
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2068
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9420
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00597.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00626.html