Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : JasPer vulnerabilities (USN-4688-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 144849

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4688-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2018-18873)

It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-19542)

It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly handled certain JPC encoders. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-27828)

It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information or cause a crash. (CVE-2017-9782)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libjasper-dev, libjasper-runtime and / or libjasper1 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4688-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 144849

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4688-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/11/2021

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27828

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjasper-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjasper-runtime, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjasper1

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9782, CVE-2018-18873, CVE-2018-19542, CVE-2020-27828

BID: 107792

USN: 4688-1