- Issued:
- 2011-11-22
- Updated:
- 2011-11-22
RHBA-2011:1472 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
libexif bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated libexif package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The libexif package provides a library for reading and extracting image metadata
from Exif image files.
This updated fixes the following bug:
- When opening an invalid or corrupt Exif file, libexif allocated huge amounts
of memory. This could cause a memory exhaustion situation and the system then
became unresponsive, which eventually resulted in a crash of the running
graphics application, such as Gimp. The libexif code has been modified to check
validity of the Exif file before it allocates the memory. Memory is now
allocated properly and graphic programs no longer crash under these
circumstances. (BZ#689614)
All users of libexif are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
this bug.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9adf36b8954cc0ad39fa5f320c0a4b83719f1b309863841504dc65cdf4004d89 |
x86_64 | |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2be7dfa32182c9f605f45341528a043bfc3638d0398e9a805740473e413e6594 |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 03b9dfdf00af6142059c9b5cf4831b5210cfecac2df7acec8fd73c07da51f291 |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d1525e3ef0b0539cd6034a74dc2317fb682b4e0651357c7512809dea9bad2a8 |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 553b9421dc6102e8dfd2e5b03d5c3099f5b56136b03ee70ea470f74c53e0d2dc |
ia64 | |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 5864f1b8b0ac775274cd7db018ccbbdc31110201bde95266163726367f9653c1 |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: bfee3a6d8ae77f5267491e29f50e3579dffd45c75d7c316288a2a4ca9d9f6840 |
i386 | |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2be7dfa32182c9f605f45341528a043bfc3638d0398e9a805740473e413e6594 |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d1525e3ef0b0539cd6034a74dc2317fb682b4e0651357c7512809dea9bad2a8 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9adf36b8954cc0ad39fa5f320c0a4b83719f1b309863841504dc65cdf4004d89 |
x86_64 | |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2be7dfa32182c9f605f45341528a043bfc3638d0398e9a805740473e413e6594 |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 03b9dfdf00af6142059c9b5cf4831b5210cfecac2df7acec8fd73c07da51f291 |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d1525e3ef0b0539cd6034a74dc2317fb682b4e0651357c7512809dea9bad2a8 |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 553b9421dc6102e8dfd2e5b03d5c3099f5b56136b03ee70ea470f74c53e0d2dc |
i386 | |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2be7dfa32182c9f605f45341528a043bfc3638d0398e9a805740473e413e6594 |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d1525e3ef0b0539cd6034a74dc2317fb682b4e0651357c7512809dea9bad2a8 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9adf36b8954cc0ad39fa5f320c0a4b83719f1b309863841504dc65cdf4004d89 |
x86_64 | |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2be7dfa32182c9f605f45341528a043bfc3638d0398e9a805740473e413e6594 |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 03b9dfdf00af6142059c9b5cf4831b5210cfecac2df7acec8fd73c07da51f291 |
i386 | |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2be7dfa32182c9f605f45341528a043bfc3638d0398e9a805740473e413e6594 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9adf36b8954cc0ad39fa5f320c0a4b83719f1b309863841504dc65cdf4004d89 |
s390x | |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 654f6c169849a1d7207aec46b418091fca9221ca46e47b6f95ca09aca2e62a40 |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 4f6a01384f5dd521790f24a39be33aa108062cafdc5f8a8b5c84eddf5cba88f6 |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: a25e0b3597060e3d1dbf93b4a8ac0e82526654cc451cf4b936f510089f3b7e0d |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 58892dda7924c7f7036d69e789d1a17ac71c17e9e2f7a53508df39a42490da52 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9adf36b8954cc0ad39fa5f320c0a4b83719f1b309863841504dc65cdf4004d89 |
ppc | |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 6938f1bab7f50808e69ab12a0c1efae2744e91233817b7ee7485aeac64b40383 |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 5b043571affe51a14065071546a5de8ca099d6291f5a6e0375dc1169dffa2b98 |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: b244921098332cff7a206990591a8fd46f1de8a2c55aeef8d0102926167c2559 |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: d9f5d6b2a106a80a985f661598e7f723964e1634e17440993de8aa94994a87f2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9adf36b8954cc0ad39fa5f320c0a4b83719f1b309863841504dc65cdf4004d89 |
x86_64 | |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2be7dfa32182c9f605f45341528a043bfc3638d0398e9a805740473e413e6594 |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 03b9dfdf00af6142059c9b5cf4831b5210cfecac2df7acec8fd73c07da51f291 |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d1525e3ef0b0539cd6034a74dc2317fb682b4e0651357c7512809dea9bad2a8 |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 553b9421dc6102e8dfd2e5b03d5c3099f5b56136b03ee70ea470f74c53e0d2dc |
i386 | |
libexif-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2be7dfa32182c9f605f45341528a043bfc3638d0398e9a805740473e413e6594 |
libexif-devel-0.6.20-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d1525e3ef0b0539cd6034a74dc2317fb682b4e0651357c7512809dea9bad2a8 |
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