GLSA 201701-61: WebP: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	WebP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/24/2017
Bugs:	#598208
ID:	201701-61

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in WebP, the worst of which could allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

WebP is an image format employing both lossy and lossless compression.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-libs/libwebp	< 0.5.2	>= 0.5.2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in WebP’s gif2webp tool. Please review the CVE identifier and bug reference for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted file using WebP’s gif2webp tool, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or other unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All WebP users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libwebp-0.5.2"

References

CVE-2016-9085

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-61.xml

Concerns?

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.