Arch Linux: ASA-201508-10 Medium Severity: Jasper DoS Denial of Service

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201508-10
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Severity: Medium
Date    : 2015-08-26
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-5203
Package : jasper
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
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The packages jasper before version 1.900.1-14 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.900.1-14.

# pacman -Syu "jasper>=1.900.1-14"

The problem has not been fixed upstream yet.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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A double free issue has been discovered in the function
jasper_image_stop_load. This vulnerability can be triggered by loading a
specially crafted image through jasper.

Impact
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A remote attacker is able to send a specially crafted image that
triggers a double free leading to denial of service.

References
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https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/366
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5203