metadata/glsa/glsa-202012-15.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202012-15">
  <title>GDK-PixBuf: Denial of service</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in GDK-PixBuf library could lead to a Denial of
    Service condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">gdk-pixbuf</product>
  <announced>2020-12-23</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-12-23</revised>
  <bug>759094</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.42.2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.42.2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>GDK-PixBuf is an image loading library for GTK+.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle
      certain GIF images.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="low">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted GIF
      image in an application linked against GDK-PixBuf library, possibly
      resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All GDK-PixBuf library users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf-2.42.2"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29385">CVE-2020-29385</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-12-22T23:01:46Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-12-23T19:53:21Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>