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xzgv JPEG Image Parsing Heap Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19572
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Release Date:
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2006-04-10
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Last Update:
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2006-04-21
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Popularity:
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7,065 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | xzgv 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-1060
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Description:
Andrea Barisani has reported a vulnerability in xzgv, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing JPEG files and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted JPEG image within the CMYK/YCCK colour space.
Solution:
Don't open untrusted images.
Use another product.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Andrea Barisani, Gentoo Linux
Changelog:
2006-04-21: Updated "Provided and/or discovered by" and "Description" sections.
Original Advisory:
SUSE:
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_08_sr.html
Gentoo:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-10.xml
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