Debian: DSA-3106-1 Critical Flaw: JasPer Double Free And Buffer Overflow
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December 20, 2014
Jose Duart of the Google Security Team discovered a double free flaw (CVE-2014-8137) and a heap-based buffer overflow flaw (CVE-2014-8138) in JasPer, a library for manipulating JPE...
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Summary
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.900.1-13+deb7u2.
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-2014-8137 CVE-2014-8138
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