Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201508-10
=========================================
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
======
The packages jasper before version 1.900.1-14 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 1.900.1-14.

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

The problem has not been fixed upstream yet.

Workaround
=========
None.

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

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

ArchLinux: 201508-10: jasper: denial of service

August 26, 2015

Summary

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.

Resolution

Upgrade to 1.900.1-14. # pacman -Syu "jasper>=1.900.1-14"
The problem has not been fixed upstream yet.

References

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

Severity
Package : jasper
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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