USN-2919-1: JasPer vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 15.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

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)

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

• libjasper1 - 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.3

Ubuntu 12.04

• libjasper1 - 1.900.1-13ubuntu0.3

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

References

• CVE-2016-1577
• CVE-2016-2116