libexif (SSA:2007-164-01)

New libexif packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix a crash and potential security issue.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4168

Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog:
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l/libexif-0.6.16-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz: Upgraded to libexif-0.6.16.
An integer overflow in libexif can crash applications that use the library
on malformed images. The upstream advisory indicates that this flaw could
also be used to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user, but no
exploit is known (by us) to exist among iDefense's researchers or in the
wild. But, as a crash bug and heap overflow one must suppose that the
possibility exists.
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4168
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading from ftp.slackware.com.

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/libexif-0.6.16-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/libexif-0.6.16-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libexif-0.6.16-i486-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 10.2 package:
cd7fae377395a5b9538a702a7ff23afc libexif-0.6.16-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Slackware 11.0 package:
c10f21ab97a858ac1183e6a2cc916dd9 libexif-0.6.16-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Slackware -current package:
151902aeb8486e2884afd3bb84e48535 libexif-0.6.16-i486-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libexif-0.6.16-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz


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Slackware Linux Security Team