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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-17541: Moderate: libjpeg-turbo security and bug fix update (ALSA-2021-4288)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-17541: Moderate: libjpeg-turbo security and bug fix update (ALSA-2021-4288)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/01/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
05/20/2022

Description

Libjpeg-turbo all version have a stack-based buffer overflow in the "transform" component. A remote attacker can send a malformed jpeg file to the service and cause arbitrary code execution or denial of service of the target service.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-libjpeg-turbo
  • alma-upgrade-libjpeg-turbo-devel
  • alma-upgrade-libjpeg-turbo-utils
  • alma-upgrade-turbojpeg
  • alma-upgrade-turbojpeg-devel

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