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GLSA-200606-11 : JPEG library: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21704

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200606-11 (JPEG library: Denial of Service)

 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.

Solution

JPEG users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/jpeg-6b-r7'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200606-11

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21704

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200606-11.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 6/16/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:jpeg, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3005

GLSA: 200606-11