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Gentoo: GLSA-201908-03 Normal: JasPer Denial Of Service Advisory

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Calendar Grey August 9, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
This advisory details critical JasPer vulnerabilities affecting sensitive data and service stability, urging users to update to version 2.0.14 for protection
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in JasPer, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in JasPer. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity software vulnerability jasper

Resolution

JasPer is no longer maintained upstream and contains many vulnerabilities which remain unaddressed. Gentoo users are advised to unmerge this package. # emerge --unmerge media-libs/jasper

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-1000050 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000050 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-13745 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13745 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-13746 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13746 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-13747 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13747 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-13748 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13748 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-13749 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13749 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-13750 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13750 [ 8 ] CVE-2017-13751 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13751 [ 9 ] CVE-2017-13752 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13752 [ 10 ] CVE-2017-13753 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13753 [ 11 ] CVE-2017-14132 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14132 [ 12 ] CVE-2017-14229 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14229 [ 13 ] CVE-2017-14232 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-201...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-03
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: JasPer: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 09, 2019
Bugs: #614028, #614032, #624988, #629286, #635552, #662160,
ID: 201908-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity software vulnerability jasper

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in JasPer, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

JasPer is a software-based implementation of the codec specified in the JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/jasper <= 2.0.16 >=

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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