Home / mailings

PDF

[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201701-60 ] LibRaw: Multiple vulnerabilities

Posted on 24 January 2017
Gentoo-announce

This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156)
--41Pe4nCevPsWr24BhDaonnASxRGL9W1Pn
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="qRBfXen2mfOr91Kbi6GmtVNDP8X5swFxw"
From: Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org
Message-ID: <5aae494d-acd1-56b8-6a93-391be18e8c7f@gentoo.org>
Subject: [ GLSA 201701-60 ] LibRaw: Multiple vulnerabilities

--qRBfXen2mfOr91Kbi6GmtVNDP8X5swFxw
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-60
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
https://security.gentoo.org/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Severity: Normal
Title: LibRaw: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 24, 2017
Bugs: #567254
ID: 201701-60

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Synopsis
========
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in LibRaw, the worst of which
may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background
==========
LibRaw is a library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo
cameras.

Affected packages
=================
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 media-libs/libraw < 0.17.1 >= 0.17.1

Description
===========
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in LibRaw. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======
An attacker could execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service
condition, or have other unspecified impacts.

Workaround
==========
There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========
All LibRaw users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libraw-0.17.1"

References
==========
[ 1 ] CVE-2015-8366
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8366
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-8367
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8367

Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-60

Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======
Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


--qRBfXen2mfOr91Kbi6GmtVNDP8X5swFxw--

--41Pe4nCevPsWr24BhDaonnASxRGL9W1Pn
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"
Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc"

 

TOP