SUSE Security Update: Security update for libexif
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:0902-1
Rating:             important
References:         #771229 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-2812 CVE-2012-2814 CVE-2012-2836
                    CVE-2012-2837 CVE-2012-2841
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
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   An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   Various overflows and other security related bugs in
   libexif were found by  the Google Security team and fixed
   by the libexif developers.

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2012-2812
   
   * CVE-2012-2814
   
   * CVE-2012-2836
   
   * CVE-2012-2837
   
   * CVE-2012-2841
   



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      libexif-0.6.13-20.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):

      libexif-32bit-0.6.13-20.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):

      libexif-x86-0.6.13-20.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):

      libexif-64bit-0.6.13-20.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      libexif-0.6.13-20.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):

      libexif-32bit-0.6.13-20.14.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2812.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2814.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2836.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2837.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2841.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/771229
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2012:0902-1: important: libexif

July 23, 2012
An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

Various overflows and other security related bugs in libexif were found by the Google Security team and fixed by the libexif developers. Security Issue references: * CVE-2012-2812 * CVE-2012-2814 * CVE-2012-2836 * CVE-2012-2837 * CVE-2012-2841 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64): libexif-0.6.13-20.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64): libexif-32bit-0.6.13-20.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64): libexif-x86-0.6.13-20.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc): libexif-64bit-0.6.13-20.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64): libexif-0.6.13-20.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64): libexif-32bit-0.6.13-20.14.1

References

#771229

Cross- CVE-2012-2812 CVE-2012-2814 CVE-2012-2836

CVE-2012-2837 CVE-2012-2841

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2812.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2814.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2836.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2837.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2841.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/771229

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0902-1
Rating: important

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