Gentoo: GLSA-200701-05: KDE kfile JPEG info plugin: Denial of Service
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200701-05
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: KDE kfile JPEG info plugin: Denial of Service
Date: January 12, 2007
Bugs: #155949
ID: 200701-05
Synopsis
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The KDE kfile JPEG info plugin of kdegraphics could enter an endless
loop leading to a Denial of Service.
Background
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The KDE kfile-info JPEG plugin provides meta-information about JPEG
files.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 kde-base/kdegraphics-kfile-plugins < 3.5.5-r1 >= 3.5.5-r1
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Marcus Meissner of the SUSE security team discovered a stack overflow
vulnerability in the code processing EXIF information in the kfile JPEG
info plugin.
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted JPEG
image with a KDE application like Konqueror or digiKam, leading to a
Denial of Service by an infinite recursion.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All KDE users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdegraphics-kfile-plugins-3.5.5-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-6297
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6297
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200701-05
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.
License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/
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