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From: John Helmert III <ajak@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202107-02 ] FreeImage: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2021 02:55:28
Message-Id: YODlHjsLqqLcpSNN@sol.nexus.lan
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202107-02
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: FreeImage: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: July 03, 2021
10 Bugs: #701850
11 ID: 202107-02
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeImage, the worst of
19 which could result in a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 FreeImage is an Open Source library project for developers who would
25 like to support popular graphics image formats like PNG, BMP, JPEG,
26 TIFF and others as needed by today’s multimedia applications.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 media-libs/freeimage < 3.18.0-r2 >= 3.18.0-r2
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeImage. Please
40 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted
46 image file, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or other
47 unspecified impact.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All FreeImage users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/freeimage-3.18.0-r2"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2019-12211
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12211
67 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-12213
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12213
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-02
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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