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Info |
Last Modified |
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Description |
Gentoo has issued an update for jpeg. This fixes a security issue, which potentially can be malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) against applications and services using the jpeg library. The security issue is caused due to the library being compiled without enabling the "--enable-maxmem" feature. This can potentially be exploited to cause a DoS against applications that use the library via a specially crafted JPEG image file that consumes large amount of memory resources.
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Classification |
Location:
Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type:
Denial of Service
Impact:
Loss of Integrity,
Loss of Availability
Exploit:
Exploit Unknown
Disclosure:
OSVDB Verified
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Solution |
Upgrade to version "media-libs/jpeg-6b-r7" or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.
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Products |
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Jpeg Library
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6b-r6 |
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Credit |
- Tavis Ormandy - Gentoo Linux Auditing Team
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