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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202210-28
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 Severity: Low
    Title: exif: Denial of Service
     Date: October 31, 2022
     Bugs: #783522
       ID: 202210-28

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in exif which could result in denial
of service.

Background
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libexif is a library for parsing, editing and saving Exif metadata from
images. exif is a small command line interface for libexif.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  media-gfx/exif             < 0.6.22                    >= 0.6.22

Description
===========

There is a bug in exif's XML output format which can result in a null
pointer dereference when outputting crafted JPEG EXIF data.

Impact
======

A crafted JPEG image can trigger a denial of service in the form of a
null pointer dereference.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All exif users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/exif-0.6.22"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2021-27815
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27815

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-28

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2022 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
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