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Ubuntu 15.10, 14.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS: USN-2919-1 Moderate: JasPer Exploits

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2016
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Multiple JasPer flaws addressed in Ubuntu's security alert USN-2919-1, pertaining to reliability issues and potential exploitation threats.
Several security issues were fixed in JasPer.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in JasPer.

Software Description:

- jasper: Library for manipulating JPEG-2000 files

Details:

Jacob Baines discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled ICC color profiles

in JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially

crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to

crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

(CVE-2016-1577)

Tyler Hicks discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled memory when

processing JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a

specially crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause

JasPer to consume memory, resulting in a denial of service.

(CVE-2016-2116)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate remote code execution DoS Ubuntu jasper

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.10:
  libjasper1                      1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libjasper1                      1.900.1-14ubuntu3.3

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libjasper1                      1.900.1-13ubuntu0.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2919-1

CVE-2016-1577, CVE-2016-2116

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March 03, 2016

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate remote code execution DoS Ubuntu jasper

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jasper/1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu0.15.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jasper/1.900.1-14ubuntu3.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jasper/1.900.1-13ubuntu0.3

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