ID CVE-2006-3005
Summary The JPEG library in media-libs/jpeg before 6b-r7 on Gentoo Linux is built without the -maxmem feature, which could allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted JPEG file that exceeds the intended memory limits.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 5.0 (as of 20-07-2017 - 01:31)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE NONE PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
refmap via4
confirm http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130889
gentoo GLSA-200606-11
osvdb 26317
secunia 20563
xf jpeg-medialibs-dos(31451)
statements via4
contributor Mark J Cox
lastmodified 2006-08-24
organization Red Hat
statement Red Hat does not consider this a security issue. It is expected behavior that a large input file will cause the processing program to use a large amount of memory.
Last major update 20-07-2017 - 01:31
Published 13-06-2006 - 10:02
Last modified 20-07-2017 - 01:31
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