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Debian: DSA-3785-1 Critical Threats from JasPer Library

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Calendar Grey February 9, 2017
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Several security flaws within the JasPer library could enable Denial of Service or arbitrary code execution, triggered by improperly formatted JPEG-2000 files.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the JasPer library for processing JPEG-2000 images, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a m...
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Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the JasPer library
for processing JPEG-2000 images, which may result in denial of service
or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed image is processed.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u2.

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-2016-1867 CVE-2016-8654 CVE-2016-8691 CVE-2016-8692

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