GLSA 200606-11: JPEG library: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	JPEG library: Denial of Service
Date:	06/11/2006
Bugs:	#130889
ID:	200606-11

Synopsis

The JPEG library is vulnerable to a Denial of Service.

Background

The JPEG library is able to load, handle and manipulate images in the JPEG format.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-libs/jpeg	< 6b-r7	>= 6b-r7	All supported architectures

Description

Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Auditing Team discovered that the vulnerable JPEG library ebuilds compile JPEG without the --maxmem feature which is not recommended.

Impact

By enticing a user to load a specially crafted JPEG image file an attacker could cause a Denial of Service, due to memory exhaustion.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

JPEG users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/jpeg-6b-r7"

References

CVE-2006-3005

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-11.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.