Security update for libexif

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libexif
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0903-1
Rating: important
References: #771229
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:

  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2812.html
  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2813.html
  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2814.html
  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2836.html
  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2837.html
  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2840.html
  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2841.html
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/771229
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=795efea468ff4df45b9a7a62eb66f947