MGASA-2019-0132 - Updated libjpeg packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 05 Apr 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0132.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-14498

get_8bit_row in rdbmp.c in libjpeg-turbo through 1.5.90 and MozJPEG through
3.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer
over-read and application crash) via a crafted 8-bit BMP in which one or
more of the color indices is out of range for the number of palette
entries. (CVE-2018-14498)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24565
- http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2019-March/005227.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/F7YP4QUEYGHI4Q7GIAVFVKWQ7DJMBYLU/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14498

SRPMS:
- 6/core/libjpeg-1.5.1-1.3.mga6

Mageia 2019-0132: libjpeg security update

get_8bit_row in rdbmp.c in libjpeg-turbo through 1.5.90 and MozJPEG through 3.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) ...

Summary

get_8bit_row in rdbmp.c in libjpeg-turbo through 1.5.90 and MozJPEG through 3.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted 8-bit BMP in which one or more of the color indices is out of range for the number of palette entries. (CVE-2018-14498)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24565

- http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2019-March/005227.html

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/F7YP4QUEYGHI4Q7GIAVFVKWQ7DJMBYLU/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14498

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0132 - Updated libjpeg packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/libjpeg-1.5.1-1.3.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 05 Apr 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0132.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-14498

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