[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: exif-0.6.21-1.fc17

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-10854
2012-07-19 08:33:18
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Name        : exif
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 0.6.21
Release     : 1.fc17
URL         : http://libexif.sourceforge.net/
Summary     : Utility to show EXIF information hidden in JPEG files
Description :
Small command-line utility to show EXIF information hidden
in JPEG files.

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Update Information:

- Update to 0.6.21
- Fix CVE-2012-2845 (RHBZ #840002,#840003)
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Jul 17 2012 Matthieu Saulnier <fantom at fedoraproject.org> - 0.6.21-1
- Update to 0.6.21
  - Fix CVE-2012-2845 (RHBZ #840002,#840003)
- Update scriplet in %prep section of spec file
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #840002 - CVE-2012-2845 exif: Integer overflow, leading to DoS (buffer over-read and application crash) in jpeg_data_load_data routine
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=840002
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update exif' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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