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CentOS 6 / 7 : jasper (CESA-2014:2021)
high Nessus Plugin ID 80107
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated jasper packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
JasPer is an implementation of Part 1 of the JPEG 2000 image compression standard.
Multiple off-by-one flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in the way JasPer decoded JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9029)
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way JasPer decoded JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-8138)
A double free flaw was found in the way JasPer parsed ICC color profiles in JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-8137)
Red Hat would like to thank oCERT for reporting these issues. oCERT acknowledges Jose Duart of the Google Security Team as the original reporter.
All JasPer users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. All applications using the JasPer libraries must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected jasper packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 80107
File Name: centos_RHSA-2014-2021.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 12/19/2014
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8138
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jasper, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jasper-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jasper-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jasper-utils, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-8137, CVE-2014-8138, CVE-2014-9029
BID: 71476
RHSA: 2014:2021