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