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Gentoo: GLSA-202012-15 Low: GDK-Pixbuf Service Interruption

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Calendar Grey December 23, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
GDK-PixBuf security alert for Gentoo users. Safeguard against Denial of Service threats with essential patches.
A vulnerability in GDK-PixBuf library could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle certain GIF images.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo low severity GDK-PixBuf

Resolution

All GDK-PixBuf library users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf-2.42.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-29385 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29385

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-15
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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.

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Severity: Low
Title: GDK-PixBuf: Denial of service
Date: December 23, 2020
Bugs: #759094
ID: 202012-15

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo low severity GDK-PixBuf

Synopsis

A vulnerability in GDK-PixBuf library could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

GDK-PixBuf is an image loading library for GTK+.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf < 2.42.2 >= 2.42.2

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted GIF image in an application linked against GDK-PixBuf library, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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