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GLSA-201701-54 : DCRaw: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96689

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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-201701-54 (DCRaw: Buffer overflow)

 An integer overflow was discovered in the ljpeg_start function in DCRaw.
 Impact :

 Remote attackers, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted image, could cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All DCRaw users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-gfx/dcraw-9.26.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-54

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96689

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201701-54.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: local

Published: 1/23/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3885

GLSA: 201701-54