| Summary: | <media-libs/jbigkit-2.1: "jbg_dec_in()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2013-6369) | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Security | Reporter: | Agostino Sarubbo <ago> |
| Component: | Vulnerabilities | Assignee: | Gentoo Security <security> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | graphics+disabled |
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| URL: | https://secunia.com/advisories/57731 | ||
| Whiteboard: | B2 [glsa] | ||
| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
Please test and stabilize: =media-libs/jbigkit-2.1 Stable for HPPA. amd64 stable x86 stable ppc stable alpha stable arm stable CVE-2013-6369 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6369): Stack-based buffer overflow in the jbg_dec_in function in libjbig/jbig.c in JBIG-KIT before 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file. ppc64 stable ia64 stable sparc stable. Maintainer(s), please cleanup. Security, please add it to the existing request, or file a new one. Arches and Maintainer(s), Thank you for your work. Added to new GLSA Request This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201405-20 at http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-20.xml by GLSA coordinator Mikle Kolyada (Zlogene). |
From ${URL} : Description Red Hat Product Security Team has reported a vulnerability in JBIG-KIT, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "jbg_dec_in()" function (jbig.c), which can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.1. Solution: Update to version 2.1. Provided and/or discovered by: Florian Weimer, Red Hat Product Security Team. Original Advisory: JBIG-KIT: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/jbigkit/CHANGES Red Hat Product Security Team: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032273 @maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.