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Gentoo: 202310-57 Critical: OpenSSL Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey December 26, 2014
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Several critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities along with a parsing defect in LittleCMS may result in Denial of Service attacks on Gentoo Linux.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws and a parser error in LittleCMS could cause Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows and a profile parser error have been found in LittleCMS.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo buffer overflow normal littlecms

Resolution

All LittleCMS users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/lcms-2.6-r1"
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages.
NOTE: Gentoo has discontinued support for the LittleCMS 1.9 branch.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-4276 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4276 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-0459 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0459

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-46
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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: LittleCMS: Denial of Service
Date: December 26, 2014
Bugs: #479874, #507788
ID: 201412-46

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple buffer overflow flaws and a parser error in LittleCMS could cause Denial of Service.

Background

LittleCMS, or short lcms, is a color management system for working with ICC profiles. It is used by many applications including GIMP and Firefox.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/lcms < 2.6-r1 >= 2.6-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to open a specially crafted file containing a malicious ICC profile, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.