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Gentoo: 202310-12 Urgent: OpenSSL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey May 30, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Cyber intruders may leverage a double release vulnerability in libfpx, resulting in service interruptions on Gentoo Linux.
A double free vulnerability has been discovered in libfpx that allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service.

Summary

A double free vulnerability has been discovered in the Free_All_Memory function in jpeg/dectile.c.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo memory corruption libfpx

Resolution

All libfpx users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libfpx-1.3.1_p6"
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-0025 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0025

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-03
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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: libfpx: Denial of Service
Date: May 30, 2016
Bugs: #395367
ID: 201605-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo memory corruption libfpx

Synopsis

A double free vulnerability has been discovered in libfpx that allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service.

Background

A library for manipulating FlashPIX images.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/libfpx < 1.3.1_p6 >= 1.3.1_p6

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted FPX image using an application linked against libfpx, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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