USN-2919-1: JasPer vulnerabilities

Publication date

3 March 2016

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in JasPer.


Packages

  • 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)

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)

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
15.10 wily libjasper1 –  1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 trusty libjasper1 –  1.900.1-14ubuntu3.3
12.04 precise libjasper1 –  1.900.1-13ubuntu0.3

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