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Gentoo: GLSA-202210-17 Low Severity: JHead Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The JHead package in Gentoo Linux contains several security flaws, with the most severe potentially leading to a denial of service. It is advised to perform an update.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in JHead, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

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 denial of service gentoo multiple issues low severity jhead

Resolution

All JHead users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/jhead-3.06.0.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-3496 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3496 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-28275 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28275 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-28276 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28276 [ 4 ] CVE-2021-28277 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28277 [ 5 ] CVE-2021-28278 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28278

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-17
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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.

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Severity: Low
Title: JHead: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: October 31, 2022
Bugs: #730746
ID: 202210-17

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo multiple issues low severity jhead

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in JHead, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Background

JHead is an EXIF JPEG header manipulation tool.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-gfx/jhead < 3.06.0.1 >= 3.06.0.1

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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