CVE-2006-3005 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause memory exhaustion and denial of service by providing crafted JPEG files to applications using the vulnerable Gentoo JPEG library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-3005?
CVE-2006-3005 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, published on 13 Jun 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The JPEG library in media-libs/jpeg before 6b-r7 on Gentoo Linux is built without the -maxmem feature, which could allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted JPEG file that exceeds the intended memory limits.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3005?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Gentoo Linux, Gentoo Media-Libs Jpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3005?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-3005 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3005 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gentoo Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m5m4-crpf-fpj8.