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GLSA-201605-03 : libfpx: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91376

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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-201605-03 (libfpx: Denial of Service)

 A double free vulnerability has been discovered in the Free_All_Memory function in jpeg/dectile.c.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted FPX image using an application linked against libfpx, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All libfpx users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/libfpx-1.3.1_p6' Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages.

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91376

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201605-03.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Published: 5/31/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0025

GLSA: 201605-03