An information disclosure vulnerability in libjpeg-turbo allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.
Package | media-libs/libjpeg-turbo on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 2.0.4-r1 |
Unaffected versions | >= 1.5.3-r3 >= 2.0.4-r1 |
libjpeg-turbo is a MMX, SSE, and SSE2 SIMD accelerated JPEG library.
It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain PPM files.
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PPM file using an application linked against libjpeg-turbo, possibly allowing attacker to obtain sensitive information.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All libjpeg-turbo 1.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libjpeg-turbo-1.5.3-r3:0/0.1"
All libjpeg-turbo 2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libjpeg-turbo-2.0.4-r1:0/0.2"
Release date
October 20, 2020
Latest revision
October 20, 2020: 1
Severity
low
Exploitable
local, remote
Bugzilla entries