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GLSA-200701-05 : KDE kfile JPEG info plugin: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24203

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-200701-05 (KDE kfile JPEG info plugin: Denial of Service)

 Marcus Meissner of the SUSE security team discovered a stack overflow vulnerability in the code processing EXIF information in the kfile JPEG info plugin.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted JPEG image with a KDE application like Konqueror or digiKam, leading to a Denial of Service by an infinite recursion.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All KDE users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=kde-base/kdegraphics-kfile-plugins-3.5.5-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200701-05

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24203

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200701-05.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 1/17/2007

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:kdegraphics-kfile-plugins, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6297

CWE: 399

GLSA: 200701-05