MGASA-2019-0017 - Updated dcraw packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 06 Jan 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0017.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-CVE-2018-5801

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way dcraw processed
images. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash dcraw by
tricking it into processing crafted images (CVE-2018-5801).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23252
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/B4QRYU6SJD34FIOACDR2QA5F4C3CWPOB/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-CVE-2018-5801

SRPMS:
- 6/core/dcraw-9.27.0-1.1.mga6

Mageia 2019-0017: dcraw security update

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way dcraw processed images

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way dcraw processed images. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash dcraw by tricking it into processing crafted images (CVE-2018-5801).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23252

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/B4QRYU6SJD34FIOACDR2QA5F4C3CWPOB/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-CVE-2018-5801

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0017 - Updated dcraw packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/dcraw-9.27.0-1.1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 06 Jan 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0017.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-CVE-2018-5801

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