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Ubuntu: USN-1234-1 Critical: ImageMagick Image Processing Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey June 11, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The TIFF library in Gentoo has been identified as susceptible to Denial of Service attacks. It is imperative to upgrade in order to mitigate potential risks associated with memory overflow.
The JPEG library is vulnerable to a Denial of Service.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200606-11 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: JPEG library: Denial of Service Date: June 11, 2006 Bugs: #130889 ID: 200606-11

Synopsis ======= The JPEG library is vulnerable to a Denial of Service.
Background ========= The JPEG library is able to load, handle and manipulate images in the JPEG format.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/jpeg < 6b-r7 >= 6b-r7
========== 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...

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