Gentoo: GLSA-202107-02 Low Severity: FreeImage Denial of Service Risk
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July 3, 2021
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeImage, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeImage. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All FreeImage users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/freeimage-3.18.0-r2"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2019-12211 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12211 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-12213 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12213
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-02
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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: FreeImage: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 03, 2021
Bugs: #701850
ID: 202107-02
Background
FreeImage is an Open Source library project for developers who would
like to support popular graphics image formats like PNG, BMP, JPEG,
TIFF and others as needed by today’s multimedia applications.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/freeimage < 3.18.0-r2 >= 3.18.0-r2
Impact
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A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted
image file, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or other
unspecified impact.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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