The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5664-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that OpenJPEG did not properly handle PNM headers, resulting in a null pointer     dereference. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service (DoS).
    (CVE-2016-7445)

    It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain image files resulting in division by zero.

    A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service (DoS). (CVE-2016-9112 and     CVE-2016-10506)

    It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled converting certain image files resulting in a stack     buffer overflow. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service (DoS).
    (CVE-2017-17479)

    It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled converting PNM image files resulting in a null pointer     dereference. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service (DoS).
    (CVE-2018-18088)

    It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled converting DWT images files resulting in a buffer     overflow. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service (DoS).
    (CVE-2020-27824)

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.

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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : OpenJPEG vulnerabilities (USN-5664-1)

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