GLSA 202210-36: libjxl: Denial of Service

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Severity:	low
Title:	libjxl: Denial of Service
Date:	10/31/2022
Bugs:	#856037
ID:	202210-36

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in libjxl which could result in denial of service.

Background

libjxl is the JPEG XL image format reference implementation.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-libs/libjxl	< 0.7.0_pre20220825	>= 0.7.0_pre20220825	All supported architectures

Description

libjxl contains an unecessary assertion in jxl::LowMemoryRenderPipeline::Init.

Impact

An attacker can cause a denial of service of the libjxl process via a crafted input file.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libjxl-0.7.0_pre20220825"

References

CVE-2022-34000

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202210-36.xml

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.