Gentoo: GLSA-202307-02 Normal: Libpng Vulnerability Alert
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December 16, 2008
Multiple memory management errors in JasPer might lead to execution of arbitrary code via jpeg2k files.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-18
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: JasPer: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: December 16, 2008
Bugs: #222819
ID: 200812-18
Synopsis
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Multiple memory management errors in JasPer might lead to execution of
arbitrary code via jpeg2k files.
Background
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The JasPer Project is an open-source initiative to provide a free
software-based reference implementation of the codec specified in the
JPEG-2000 Part-1 (jpeg2k) standard.
Affected packages
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1 media-libs/jasper < 1.900.1-r3 >= 1.900.1-r3
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Marc Espie and Christian Weisgerber have discovered m...
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