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Red Hat 6: RHSA-2011:1807-01 Important: Jasper Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey December 9, 2011
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Uncover the vital security patch issued by Red Hat aimed at resolving significant vulnerabilities affecting Enterprise Linux platforms.
Updated jasper packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

JasPer is an implementation of Part 1 of the JPEG 2000 image compression standard.
Two heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the way JasPer decoded JPEG 2000 compressed image files. An attacker could create a malicious JPEG 2000 compressed image file that, when opened, would cause applications that use JasPer (such as Nautilus) to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-4516, CVE-2011-4517)
Red Hat would like to thank Jonathan Foote of the CERT Coordination Center for reporting these issues.
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues. All applications using the JasPer libraries (such as Nautilus) must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update buffer overflow arbitrary code execution red hat enterprise jasper

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4516 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4517 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: jasper-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm jasper-libs-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: jasper-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm jasper-libs-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm jasper-libs-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386: jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm jasper-devel-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm jasper-utils-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm jasper-devel-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm jasper-devel-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm jasper-utils-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64: jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm jasper-libs-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm jasper-libs-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64: jasper-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm jasper-devel-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1807-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1807.html
Issue date: 2011-12-09

Topic

Updated jasper packages that fix two security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) basescores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for eachvulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update buffer overflow arbitrary code execution red hat enterprise jasper

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

747726 - CVE-2011-4516 CVE-2011-4517 jasper: heap buffer overflow flaws lead to arbitrary code execution (CERT VU#887409)

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