SB2021061404 - Denial of service in Libjpeg-turbo
Published: June 14, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021061404
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20205)
CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide by zero error when processing a crafted GIF image. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application and crash it.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1937385
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TM3AHZEYGYFEDL6AW5RLEAJNVRWEJDFL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMLEY6HLVZAGXIOGGPPUAMRJUA6LB3FD/
- https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/releases/tag/2.1.0