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  2. USN-501-1

USN-501-1: jasper vulnerability

Publication date

21 August 2007

Overview

jasper vulnerability

Releases

Details

It was discovered that Jasper did not correctly handle corrupted JPEG2000
images. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted JPG, a
remote attacker could cause the application using libjasper to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

It was discovered that Jasper did not correctly handle corrupted JPEG2000
images. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted JPG, a
remote attacker could cause the application using libjasper to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect 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
7.04 feisty libjasper-1.701-1 –  1.701.0-2ubuntu0.7.04
6.10 edgy libjasper-1.701-1 –  1.701.0-2ubuntu0.6.10
6.06 dapper libjasper-1.701-1 –  1.701.0-2ubuntu0.6.06

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