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Gentoo GLSA-202309-18 High: OpenJPEG Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey December 13, 2014
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Numerous security flaws within OpenJPEG for Gentoo present potential risks for arbitrary code execution. Prompt updates are necessary to alleviate these dangers.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenJPEG, the worst of which may result in execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJPEG. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution Denial of Service OpenJPEG

Resolution

All OpenJPEG users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/openjpeg-1.5.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1447 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1447 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-4289 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4289 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-4290 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4290 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-6045 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6045 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-6052 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6052 [ 6 ] CVE-2013-6053 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6053 [ 7 ] CVE-2013-6054 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6054 [ 8 ] CVE-2013-6887 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6887

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-24
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Concerns

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.

Severity: Normal
Title: OpenJPEG: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 13, 2014
Bugs: #484802, #493662
ID: 201412-24

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution Denial of Service OpenJPEG

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenJPEG, the worst of which may result in execution of arbitrary code.

Background

OpenJPEG is an open-source JPEG 2000 library.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/openjpeg < 1.5.2 >= 1.5.2

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted JPEG file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.