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Gentoo: GLSA-201706-24 Normal: jbig2dec Remote Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey June 22, 2017
Scroller Gentoo Esm H88
A series of flaws in jbig2dec could potentially enable remote code execution and result in denial of service within the Gentoo Linux environment.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in jbig2dec, the worst of which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in jbig2dec. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution remote access Denial of Service jbig2dec

Resolution

All jbig2dec users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/jbig2dec-0.13-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-9601 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9601

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-24
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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: jbig2dec: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 22, 2017
Bugs: #545234, #607188
ID: 201706-24

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution remote access Denial of Service jbig2dec

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in jbig2dec, the worst of which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

jbig2dec is a decoder implementation of the JBIG2 image compression format.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/jbig2dec < 0.13-r1 >= 0.13-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to process a specially crafted JBIG2 image file using an application linked against jbig2dec library, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.