RHEL 7 : jasper (Unpatched Vulnerability)

high Nessus Plugin ID 198829

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 7 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

- jasper: heap-based buffer over-read of size 8 in jas_image_depalettize in libjasper/base/jas_image.c (CVE-2018-19541)

- jasper: heap-based buffer over-read in jp2_decode() in jp2_dec.c (CVE-2018-19543)

- The jas_malloc function in libjasper/base/jas_malloc.c in JasPer before 1.900.11 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file, which triggers a memory allocation failure. (CVE-2016-8886)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Solution

The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 198829

File Name: redhat_unpatched_jasper-rhel7.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/3/2024

Updated: 6/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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-2018-19543

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19541

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-virt-viewer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jasper, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8886, CVE-2016-9395, CVE-2016-9396, CVE-2016-9397, CVE-2016-9398, CVE-2016-9399, CVE-2017-13747, CVE-2017-13748, CVE-2017-13749, CVE-2017-13751, CVE-2017-13752, CVE-2017-14132, CVE-2017-5504, CVE-2017-6851, CVE-2017-6852, CVE-2017-9782, CVE-2018-18873, CVE-2018-19139, CVE-2018-19539, CVE-2018-19540, CVE-2018-19541, CVE-2018-19542, CVE-2018-19543, CVE-2018-20570, CVE-2018-20622, CVE-2018-9055, CVE-2018-9252

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