Improper access control in jhead - CVE-2019-1010302
Published: July 15, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35718
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1010302
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
jhead
jhead
Software vendor:
www.sentex.net
www.sentex.net
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
jhead 3.03 is affected by: Incorrect Access Control. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: iptc.c Line 122 show_IPTC(). The attack vector is: the victim must open a specially crafted JPEG file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1679978
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00037.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3WVQTORTGQE56XXC6OVHQCSCUGABRMQZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YTGUHTJTQ6EKEPDXFSKZKVLUJC4UAPBQ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-17