1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1315-1

USN-1315-1: JasPer vulnerabilities

Publication date

20 December 2011

Overview

JasPer could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • jasper - Library for manipulating JPEG-2000 files

Details

Jonathan Foote discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled certain malformed
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.

Jonathan Foote discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled certain malformed
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.

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
11.10 oneiric libjasper1 –  1.900.1-7ubuntu2.11.10.1
11.04 natty libjasper1 –  1.900.1-7ubuntu2.11.04.1
10.10 maverick libjasper1 –  1.900.1-7ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.04 lucid libjasper1 –  1.900.1-7ubuntu0.10.04.1

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