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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201701-60 ] LibRaw: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:01:31
Message-Id: 5aae494d-acd1-56b8-6a93-391be18e8c7f@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-60
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: LibRaw: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: January 24, 2017
10 Bugs: #567254
11 ID: 201701-60
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in LibRaw, the worst of which
19 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 LibRaw is a library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo
25 cameras.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 media-libs/libraw < 0.17.1 >= 0.17.1
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in LibRaw. Please review
39 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 An attacker could execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service
45 condition, or have other unspecified impacts.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All LibRaw users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libraw-0.17.1"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2015-8366
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8366
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-8367
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8367
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68 Availability
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71 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
72 the Gentoo Security Website:
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74 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-60
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76 Concerns?
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79 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
80 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
81 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
82 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
83 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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85 License
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88 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
89 belongs to its owner(s).
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91 The contents of this document are licensed under the
92 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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94 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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