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Gentoo: GLSA 202107-53 Low: Leptonica DoS Risk and Resolution

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities in Leptonica may result in Denial of Service occurrences. Refer to Gentoo's advisory for guidance on mitigation measures.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Leptonica, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo multiple issues low severity Denial of Service image processing Leptonica

Resolution

All Leptonica users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/leptonica-1.80.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-36277 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36277 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-36278 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36278 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-36279 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36279 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-36280 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36280 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-36281 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36281

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-53
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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: Leptonica: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 24, 2021
Bugs: #775629
ID: 202107-53

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo multiple issues low severity Denial of Service image processing Leptonica

Synopsis

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

Background

Leptonica is a C library for image processing and analysis.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/leptonica < 1.80.0 >= 1.80.0

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.