Vigil@nce - GIFLIB: denial of service via DGifSlurp
September 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Ubuntu.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 21/08/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error via DGifSlurp() of GIFLIB,
in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/GIFLIB-denial-of-service-via-DGifSlurp-30094