Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200606-11 (jpeg)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200606-11. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

GLSA-200606-11 : JPEG library: Denial of Service

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200606-11 JPEG library: Denial of Service Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Auditing Team discovered that the vulnerable JPEG library ebuilds compile JPEG without the --maxmem feature which is not recommended. Impact : By enticing...