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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201707-07 ] JasPer: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2017 12:41:44
Message-Id: ab6ccf3f-c168-b266-39c4-e83e12e74296@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: JasPer: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: July 08, 2017
10 Bugs: #559164, #559168, #571256, #599430, #602848
11 ID: 201707-07
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in JasPer, the worst of which
19 could could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 JasPer is a software-based implementation of the codec specified in the
25 JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 media-libs/jasper < 2.0.12 >= 2.0.12
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in JasPer. Please review
39 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image
45 file using JasPer possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code
46 with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All JasPer users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/jasper-2.0.12"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2015-5203
65 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5203
66 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-8751
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8751
68 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-9262
69 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9262
70 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-9591
71 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9591
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73 Availability
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76 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
77 the Gentoo Security Website:
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79 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-07
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81 Concerns?
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84 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
85 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
86 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
87 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
88 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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90 License
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93 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
94 belongs to its owner(s).
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96 The contents of this document are licensed under the
97 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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99 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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