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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-4688-1 Severe: JasPer DoS Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey January 11, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Essential updates for JasPer addressed several vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 16.04, aiming to mitigate risks of attacks and safeguard data integrity.
Several security issues were fixed in JasPer.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service critical code execution Ubuntu attack system update information exposure ubuntu data exposure jasper

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libjasper1 1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4688-1

CVE-2017-9782, CVE-2018-18873, CVE-2018-19542, CVE-2020-27828

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January 11, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical code execution Ubuntu attack system update information exposure ubuntu data exposure jasper

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jasper/1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.3

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