Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202406-05

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Severity: Normal
Title: JHead: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: June 22, 2024
Bugs: #876247, #879801, #908519
ID: 202406-05

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in JHead, the worst of
which may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background
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JHead is an EXIF JPEG header manipulation tool.

Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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media-gfx/jhead < 3.08 >= 3.08

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in JHead. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All JHead users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=media-gfx/jhead-3.08”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-6624
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6624
[ 2 ] CVE-2020-6625
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6625
[ 3 ] CVE-2021-34055
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34055
[ 4 ] CVE-2022-28550
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28550
[ 5 ] CVE-2022-41751
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41751

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202406-05

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
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