Moderate: libjpeg-turbo security update

Synopsis

Moderate: libjpeg-turbo security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

Updated libjpeg-turbo packages that fix two security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

The libjpeg-turbo package contains a library of functions for manipulating
JPEG images. It also contains simple client programs for accessing the
libjpeg functions.

An uninitialized memory read issue was found in the way libjpeg-turbo
decoded images with missing Start Of Scan (SOS) JPEG markers or Define
Huffman Table (DHT) JPEG markers. A remote attacker could create a
specially crafted JPEG image that, when decoded, could possibly lead to a
disclosure of potentially sensitive information. (CVE-2013-6629,
CVE-2013-6630)

All libjpeg-turbo users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the
Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.5 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) - Extended Update Support 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.5 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1031734 - CVE-2013-6629 libjpeg: information leak (read of uninitialized memory)
• BZ - 1031749 - CVE-2013-6630 libjpeg: information leak (read of uninitialized memory)

CVEs

• CVE-2013-6629
• CVE-2013-6630

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate