jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via exif.c in function Put16u.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202406-05 (JHead: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in JHead. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below     for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6108-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images while rotating them. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Jhead, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-34055)

    Kyle Brown discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images while regenerating the     Exif thumbnail. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-41751)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5294 advisory.

  - jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via exif.c in function Put16u. (CVE-2021-34055)

  - Jhead 3.06.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by placing them in a JPEG filename and     then using the regeneration -rgt50 option. (CVE-2022-41751)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3219 advisory.

  - jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via exif.c in function Put16u. (CVE-2021-34055)

  - Jhead 3.06.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by placing them in a JPEG filename and     then using the regeneration -rgt50 option. (CVE-2022-41751)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:10203-1 advisory.

  - jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via exif.c in function Put16u. (CVE-2021-34055)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:10202-1 advisory.

  - jhead 3.06 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via exif.c in function Put16u. (CVE-2021-34055)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
200860	GLSA-202406-05 : JHead: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
176361	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Jhead vulnerabilities (USN-6108-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
168401	Debian DSA-5294-1 : jhead - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
168389	Debian DLA-3219-1 : jhead - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
167519	openSUSE 15 Security Update : jhead (openSUSE-SU-2022:10203-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
167511	openSUSE 15 Security Update : jhead (openSUSE-SU-2022:10202-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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