The JPEG library in media-libs/jpeg before 6b-r7 on Gentoo Linux is built without the -maxmem feature, which could allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted JPEG file that exceeds the intended memory limits.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-08 (Multiple packages, Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 2010)

    Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the packages listed below.
      Please review the CVE identifiers in the Reference section for details.
      Insight       Perl Tk Module       Source-Navigator       Tk       Partimage       Mlmmj       acl       Xinit       gzip       ncompress       liblzw       splashutils       GNU M4       KDE Display Manager       GTK+       KGet       dvipng       Beanstalk       Policy Mount       pam_krb5       GNU gv       LFTP       Uzbl       Slim       Bitdefender Console       iputils       DVBStreamer   Impact :

    A context-dependent attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges,       execute arbitrary code, cause Denial of Service, obtain sensitive       information, or otherwise bypass security restrictions.
  Workaround :

    There are no known workarounds at this time.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
79961	GLSA-201412-08 : Multiple packages, Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 2010	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	critical
21704	GLSA-200606-11 : JPEG library: Denial of Service	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	medium

Detections

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CVE-2006-3005

medium

Tenable Plugins

critical

medium