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openSUSE Leap 42.3 Important: Update for Openjpeg2 Code Issues

opensuse
Calendar Grey August 17, 2017
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A critical patch for openjpeg2 addresses security flaws in openSUSE platforms. Protect your system by applying the update now.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for openjpeg2 fixes the following issues:

- CVE 2016-7163: Integer Overflow could lead to remote code execution

(bsc#997857)

- CVE 2015-8871: Use-after-free in opj_j2k_write_mco function could lead

to denial of service (bsc#979907)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-943=1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-943=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

libopenjp2-7-2.1.0-16.1

libopenjp2-7-debuginfo-2.1.0-16.1

openjpeg2-2.1.0-16.1

openjpeg2-debuginfo-2.1.0-16.1

openjpeg2-debugsource-2.1.0-16.1

openjpeg2-devel-2.1.0-16.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

libopenjp2-7-32bit-2.1.0-16.1

libopenjp2-7-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.0-16.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

libopenjp2-7-2.1.0-13.3.1

libopenjp2-7-debuginfo-2.1.0-13.3.1

openjpeg2-2.1.0-13.3.1

openjpeg2-debuginfo-2.1.0-13.3.1

openjpeg2-debugsource-2.1.0-13.3.1

openjpeg2-devel-2.1.0-13.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (x86_64):

libopenjp2-7-32bit-2.1.0-13.3.1

libopenjp2-7-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.0-13.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8871.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7163.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/979907

https://bugzilla.suse.com/997857

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:2186-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 42.2

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