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Gentoo update for jpeg
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20563
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Release Date:
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2006-06-12
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Last Update:
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2006-06-15
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Popularity:
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6,162 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Gentoo Linux 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3005
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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for jpeg. This fixes a security issue, which potentially can be malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) against applications and services using the jpeg library.
The security issue is caused due to the library being compiled without enabling the "--enable-maxmem" feature. This can potentially be exploited to cause a DoS against applications that use the library via a specially crafted JPEG image file that consumes large amount of memory resources.
Solution:
Update to "media-libs/jpeg-6b-r7" or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Tavis Ormandy
Changelog:
2006-06-15: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-11.xml
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130889
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