metadata/glsa/glsa-201206-06.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201206-06">
  <title>OpenJPEG: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in OpenJPEG could result in execution of arbitrary
    code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">OpenJPEG</product>
  <announced>June 21, 2012</announced>
  <revised>June 21, 2012: 1</revised>
  <bug>409203</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-libs/openjpeg" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.5.0</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.0</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>OpenJPEG is an open-source JPEG 2000 library.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>An error in jp2.c of OpenJPEG could allow an out-of-bounds write error. </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted JPEG
      file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of
      Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All OpenJPEG users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-libs/openjpeg-1.5.0"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1499">CVE-2012-1499</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata timestamp="Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:07:16 +0000" tag="requester">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata timestamp="Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:29:40 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>