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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6297

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/19/2006)

We do not consider a crash of a client application such as Konqueror or other KFile users to be a security issue.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: BID

Name: 21384

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21384

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:073

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:227

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:227

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20061129-1.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20061129-1.txt

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4810

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4810

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017325

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017325

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200701-05

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-05.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23728

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23728

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23300

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23300

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23213

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23213

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23203

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23203

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:227

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:227