SUSE Security Update: Security update for libexif
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:0903-1
Rating:             important
References:         #771229 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-2812 CVE-2012-2813 CVE-2012-2814
                    CVE-2012-2836 CVE-2012-2837 CVE-2012-2840
                    CVE-2012-2841
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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   An update that fixes 7 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-2012-2813
   
   * CVE-2012-2814
   
   * CVE-2012-2836
   
   * CVE-2012-2837
   
   * CVE-2012-2840
   
   * CVE-2012-2841
   


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-libexif-6568

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-libexif-6568

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-libexif-6568

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-libexif-6568

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-libexif-6568

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-libexif-6568

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-libexif-6568

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libexif-devel-0.6.17-2.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libexif-devel-0.6.17-2.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libexif-0.6.17-2.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libexif-32bit-0.6.17-2.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):

      libexif-x86-0.6.17-2.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      libexif-0.6.17-2.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):

      libexif-32bit-0.6.17-2.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libexif-0.6.17-2.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libexif-32bit-0.6.17-2.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64):

      libexif-x86-0.6.17-2.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      libexif-0.6.17-2.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      libexif-32bit-0.6.17-2.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

      libexif-0.6.17-2.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64):

      libexif-32bit-0.6.17-2.14.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2812.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2813.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-2012-2840.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2841.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/771229
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2012:0903-1: important: libexif

July 23, 2012
An update that fixes 7 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-2012-2813 * CVE-2012-2814 * CVE-2012-2836 * CVE-2012-2837 * CVE-2012-2840 * CVE-2012-2841 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sdksp1-libexif-6568 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sdksp1-libexif-6568 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch slessp1-libexif-6568 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp1-libexif-6568 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch slessp1-libexif-6568 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sledsp1-libexif-6568 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sledsp1-libexif-6568 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): libexif-devel-0.6.17-2.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): libexif-devel-0.6.17-2.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): libexif-0.6.17-2.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64): libexif-32bit-0.6.17-2.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64): libexif-x86-0.6.17-2.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64): libexif-0.6.17-2.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64): libexif-32bit-0.6.17-2.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): libexif-0.6.17-2.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64): libexif-32bit-0.6.17-2.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64): libexif-x86-0.6.17-2.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64): libexif-0.6.17-2.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64): libexif-32bit-0.6.17-2.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64): libexif-0.6.17-2.14.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64): libexif-32bit-0.6.17-2.14.1

References

#771229

Cross- CVE-2012-2812 CVE-2012-2813 CVE-2012-2814

CVE-2012-2836 CVE-2012-2837 CVE-2012-2840

CVE-2012-2841

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

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

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2813.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-2012-2840.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-2012:0903-1
Rating: important

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