MGASA-2022-0472 - Updated leptonica packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 17 Dec 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0472.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-38266

This update fixes a denial of service vulnerability in leptonlib. It can
be made to crash with an arithmetic exception on specially crafted JPEG
files. (CVE-2022-38266)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31266
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3233
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-38266

SRPMS:
- 8/core/leptonica-1.81.0-1.mga8
- 8/core/mingw-leptonica-1.81.0-1.mga8

Mageia 2022-0472: leptonica security update

This update fixes a denial of service vulnerability in leptonlib

Summary

This update fixes a denial of service vulnerability in leptonlib. It can be made to crash with an arithmetic exception on specially crafted JPEG files. (CVE-2022-38266)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31266

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3233

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-38266

Resolution

MGASA-2022-0472 - Updated leptonica packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/leptonica-1.81.0-1.mga8

- 8/core/mingw-leptonica-1.81.0-1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 17 Dec 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0472.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-38266

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