1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3295-1

USN-3295-1: JasPer vulnerabilities

Publication date

18 May 2017

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in JasPer.

Releases

Packages

  • jasper - Library for manipulating JPEG-2000 files

Details

It was discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled certain malformed
JPEG-2000 image files. If a user or automated system using JasPer were
tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit
this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program.

It was discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled certain malformed
JPEG-2000 image files. If a user or automated system using JasPer were
tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit
this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program.

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-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1
14.04 trusty libjasper1 –  1.900.1-14ubuntu3.4

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