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Gentoo: GLSA-202007-17 Normal: JHead Multiple Issues Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey July 26, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Enhance JHead to address various security flaws potentially resulting in Denial of Service on Gentoo Linux, maintaining system integrity.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in JHead, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update multiple issues Denial of Service JHead

Resolution

All JHead users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/jhead-3.04"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-1010301 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1010301 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-1010302 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1010302

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-17
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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: JHead: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 26, 2020
Bugs: #711220
ID: 202007-17

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update multiple issues Denial of Service JHead

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in JHead, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

JHead is an exif jpeg header manipulation tool.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-gfx/jhead < 3.04 >= 3.04

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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