JHead: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202007-17

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in JHead, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Affected packages

media-gfx/jhead on all architectures
Affected versions < 3.04
Unaffected versions >= 3.04

Background

JHead is an exif jpeg header manipulation tool.

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All JHead users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/jhead-3.04"
 

References

Release date
July 26, 2020

Latest revision
July 27, 2020: 2

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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