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CentOS 8 : jasper (CESA-2021:4235)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155051

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2021:4235 advisory.

 - jasper: Heap-based buffer overflow in cp_create() in jpc_enc.c (CVE-2020-27828)

 - jasper: Out of bounds read in jp2_decode() in jp2_dec.c (CVE-2021-26926)

 - jasper: NULL pointer dereference in jp2_decode() in jp2_dec.c (CVE-2021-26927)

 - jasper: Heap-based buffer over-read in jp2_decode() in jp2_dec.c (CVE-2021-3272)

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

Solution

Update the affected jasper-devel and / or jasper-libs packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4235

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155051

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-4235.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2021

Updated: 11/24/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jasper-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jasper-libs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27828, CVE-2021-26926, CVE-2021-26927, CVE-2021-3272

RHSA: 2021:4235