USN-4277-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4277-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4277-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4277-1
Related
Published
2020-02-11T16:48:04.296901Z
Modified
2020-02-11T16:48:04.296901Z
Summary
libexif vulnerabilities
Details

Liu Bingchang discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6328)

Lili Xu and Bingchang Liu discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-7544)

It was discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9278)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libexif?arch=src?distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.21-1
0.6.21-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libexif-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libexif12"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libexif12-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libexif?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.21-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libexif-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libexif12"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libexif12-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libexif

Package

Name
libexif
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libexif?arch=src?distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.21-4ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.6.21-2.1
0.6.21-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libexif-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libexif-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libexif12"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.6.21-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libexif12-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}