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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201701-54 ] DCRaw: Buffer overflow
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 03:44:53
Message-Id: d05aaa47-7368-3a3d-33dc-23810477bda0@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-54
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: DCRaw: Buffer overflow
9 Date: January 23, 2017
10 Bugs: #549336
11 ID: 201701-54
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15 Synopsis
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18 A buffer overflow in DCRaw might allow remote attackers to cause a
19 Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 Command-line decoder for raw digital photos.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 media-gfx/dcraw < 9.26.0 >= 9.26.0
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34 Description
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37 An integer overflow was discovered in the ljpeg_start function in
38 DCRaw.
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40 Impact
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43 Remote attackers, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted image,
44 could cause a Denial of Service condition.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All DCRaw users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/dcraw-9.26.0"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2015-3885
63 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3885
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65 Availability
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68 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
69 the Gentoo Security Website:
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71 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-54
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73 Concerns?
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76 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
77 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
78 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
79 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
80 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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82 License
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85 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
86 belongs to its owner(s).
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88 The contents of this document are licensed under the
89 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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91 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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