Mageia alert MGASA-2018-0146 (jhead)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2018-0146: Updated jhead package fixes security vulnerability 
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Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:41:39 +0100
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MGASA-2018-0146 - Updated jhead package fixes security vulnerability

Publication date: 26 Feb 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0146.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-6612

Description:
Updated jhead package fixes security vulnerability:

An integer underflow bug in the process_EXIF function of the exif.c file of
jhead 3.00 raises a heap-based buffer over-read when processing a malicious JPEG
file, which may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or
unspecified other impact (CVE-2018-6612).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22565
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-02/msg00...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6612

SRPMS:
- 6/core/jhead-3.00-3.1.mga6