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Debian 7: DSA-3089-1 Moderate: Jasper Buffer Overflow DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey December 4, 2014
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Enhance the jasper framework to remediate stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities, which pose risks of denial-of-service or arbitrary code execution.
Josh Duart of the Google Security Team discovered heap-based buffer overflow flaws in JasPer, a library for manipulating JPEG-2000 files, which could lead to denial of service (app...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.900.1-13+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie) and the unstable
distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your jasper packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: jasper
CVE ID: CVE-2014-9029

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