USN-655-1: exiv2 vulnerabilities

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Meder Kydyraliev discovered that exiv2 did not correctly handle certain
EXIF headers. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing
a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could cause the application
linked against libexiv2 to crash, leading to a denial of service, or
possibly executing arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2007-6353)

Joakim Bildrulle discovered that exiv2 did not correctly handle Nikon
lens EXIF information. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could cause the
application linked against libexiv2 to crash, leading to a denial of
service. (CVE-2008-2696)

Meder Kydyraliev discovered that exiv2 did not correctly handle certain
EXIF headers. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing
a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could cause the application
linked against libexiv2 to crash, leading to a denial of service, or
possibly executing arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2007-6353)

Joakim Bildrulle discovered that exiv2 did not correctly handle Nikon
lens EXIF information. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could cause the
application linked against libexiv2 to crash, leading to a denial of
service. (CVE-2008-2696)

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Ubuntu Release	Package Version
8.04 hardy	libexiv2-2 – 0.16-3ubuntu1.1
7.10 gutsy	libexiv2-0 – 0.15-1ubuntu2.1
7.04 feisty	libexiv2-0.12 – 0.12-0ubuntu2.1

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