GLSA 202210-36: libjxl: Denial of Service
Severity: | low |
Title: | libjxl: Denial of Service |
Date: | 10/31/2022 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 202210-36 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability has been found in libjxl which could result in denial of service.Background
libjxl is the JPEG XL image format reference implementation.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
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media-libs/libjxl | < 0.7.0_pre20220825 | >= 0.7.0_pre20220825 | All supported architectures |
Description
libjxl contains an unecessary assertion in jxl::LowMemoryRenderPipeline::Init.
Impact
An attacker can cause a denial of service of the libjxl process via a crafted input file.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libjxl-0.7.0_pre20220825"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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