Aertherwide exiftags 1.01 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Aertherwide exiftags 1.01. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-6356. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Aertherwide exiftags 1.01. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

exiftags before 1.01 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via recursive IFD references in the EXIF data in a JPEG image.

The bug was discovered 12/14/2007. The weakness was released 12/18/2007 by Meder Kydyraliev (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-6356 since 12/14/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31710 (Debian DSA-1533-2 : exiftags - insufficient input sanitizing), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.01 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (31710), SecurityFocus (BID 26892†), OSVDB (42647†), Secunia (SA28110†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-17277†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-40105 and VDB-40104. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31710
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1533-2 : exiftags - insufficient input sanitizing
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OpenVAS ID: 60654
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1533-1 (exiftags)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: exiftags 1.01

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11/15/2007 🔍
12/14/2007 +29 days 🔍
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12/18/2007 +4 days 🔍
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01/06/2008 +19 days 🔍
03/27/2008 +81 days 🔍
03/31/2008 +4 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2541 days 🔍
08/02/2019 +1600 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Meder Kydyraliev
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-6356 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6356
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40106

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SecurityFocus: 26892 - exiftags Multiple Unspecified Buffer Overflow And Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28110
OSVDB: 42647 - exiftags IFD references denial of service
Vulnerability Center: 17277 - exiftags <1.01 Remote DoS via Recursive IFD References in the EXIF Data in a JPEG Image., Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-4251

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/02/2019 17:16
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (73), 08/02/2019 17:16 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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