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Severity: Low
Title: JHead: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: October 31, 2022
Bugs: #730746
ID: 202210-17

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in JHead, the worst of which
could result in denial of service.

Background
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JHead is an EXIF JPEG header manipulation tool.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/jhead < 3.06.0.1 >= 3.06.0.1

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in JHead. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All JHead users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/jhead-3.06.0.1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2021-3496
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3496
[ 2 ] CVE-2021-28275
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28275
[ 3 ] CVE-2021-28276
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28276
[ 4 ] CVE-2021-28277
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28277
[ 5 ] CVE-2021-28278
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28278

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-17

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2022 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5