USN-3295-1: JasPer vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3295-1
18th May, 2017
jasper vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in JasPer.
Software description
- 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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
libjasper1
1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libjasper1
1.900.1-14ubuntu3.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3295-1: JasPer vulnerabilities
