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2.1 KiB
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66 lines
2.1 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200701-05">
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<title>KDE kfile JPEG info plugin: Denial of Service</title>
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<synopsis>
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The KDE kfile JPEG info plugin of kdegraphics could enter an endless loop
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leading to a Denial of Service.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">kdegraphics-kfile-plugins</product>
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<announced>January 12, 2007</announced>
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<revised>January 12, 2007: 01</revised>
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<bug>155949</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="kde-base/kdegraphics-kfile-plugins" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">3.5.5-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.5.5-r1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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The KDE kfile-info JPEG plugin provides meta-information about JPEG
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files.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Marcus Meissner of the SUSE security team discovered a stack overflow
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vulnerability in the code processing EXIF information in the kfile JPEG
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info plugin.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted JPEG
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image with a KDE application like Konqueror or digiKam, leading to a
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Denial of Service by an infinite recursion.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All KDE users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdegraphics-kfile-plugins-3.5.5-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6297">CVE-2006-6297</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:45:31 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:52:12 +0000">
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falco
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:14:10 +0000">
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falco
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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