Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-6297: KDE kfile JPEG info plugin: Denial of service
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
12/05/2006
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
05/28/2021
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in the KFILE JPEG (kfile_jpeg) plugin in kdegraphics 3, as used by konqueror, digikam, and other KDE image browsers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted EXIF section in a JPEG file, which results in an infinite recursion.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-kde-base-kdegraphics-kfile-plugins
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