GLSA-201405-20 : JBIG-KIT: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74062

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-201405-20 (JBIG-KIT: Denial of Service)

JBIG-KIT contains a stack-based buffer overflow in the jbg_dec_in function in libjbig/jbig.c.
Impact :

A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via a specially crafted image file.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All JBIG-KIT users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/jbigkit-2.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-20

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74062

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201405-20.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 5/19/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6369

BID: 66697

GLSA: 201405-20