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Debian 8: DLA-1614-1 Critical: Openjpeg2 Denial Of Service Issues

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Calendar Grey December 22, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
Debian Long Term Support has released updates for openjpeg2, targeting security advisories related to various vulnerabilities, among them a potential Denial of Service threat.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in openjpeg2, the open-source JPEG 2000 codec
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security advisory denial of service Debian patch application crash openjpeg2

Summary

Excessive iteration in the opj_t1_encode_cblks function (openjp2/t1.c).
Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial
of service via a crafted bmp file.

CVE-2018-14423

Division-by-zero vulnerabilities in the functions pi_next_pcrl,
pi_next_cprl, and pi_next_rpcl in (lib/openjp3d/pi.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service
(application crash).

For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
2.1.0-2+deb8u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your openjpeg2 packages.

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


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Package: openjpeg2
Version: 2.1.0-2+deb8u6
CVE ID: CVE-2018-6616 CVE-2018-14423
Debian Bug: 904873, 889683

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