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Gentoo: GLSA-202210-37 Minor Alert: libjpeg Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey October 31, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Learn about a low severity denial of service risk in libjxl for Gentoo Linux users and how to mitigate it effectively.
A vulnerability has been found in libjxl which could result in denial of service.

Summary

libjxl contains an unecessary assertion in jxl::LowMemoryRenderPipeline::Init.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo low severity libjxl

Resolution

All users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libjxl-0.7.0_pre20220825"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-34000 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34000

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-36
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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: libjxl: Denial of Service
Date: October 31, 2022
Bugs: #856037
ID: 202210-36

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Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in libjxl which could result in denial of service.

Background

libjxl is the JPEG XL image format reference implementation.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/libjxl < 0.7.0_pre20220825>= 0.7.0_pre20220825

Impact

===== An attacker can cause a denial of service of the libjxl process via a crafted input file.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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