1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4688-1

USN-4688-1: JasPer vulnerabilities

Publication date

11 January 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in JasPer.

Releases

Packages

  • jasper - Library for manipulating JPEG-2000 files

Details

It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.
(CVE-2018-18873)

It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-19542)

It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly handled certain JPC encoders.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-27828)

It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information
or cause a crash.
(CVE-2017-9782)

It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.
(CVE-2018-18873)

It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-19542)

It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly handled certain JPC encoders.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-27828)

It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information
or cause a crash.
(CVE-2017-9782)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial libjasper1 –  1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.3

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