Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting gnome-color-manager package, versions <0:3.28.0-3.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-GNOMECOLORMANAGER-5659111
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed28 Apr 2020

Introduced: 28 Apr 2020

CVE-2018-20099  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 gnome-color-manager to version 0:3.28.0-3.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2020:1577.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-color-manager package and not the gnome-color-manager package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is an infinite loop in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header of jp2image.cpp in Exiv2 0.27-RC3. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.