Debian DSA-3508-1 : jasper - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 89698

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in JasPer, a library for manipulating JPEG-2000 files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2016-1577 Jacob Baines discovered a double-free flaw in the jas_iccattrval_destroy function. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause an application using the JasPer library to crash, or potentially, to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

- CVE-2016-2089 The Qihoo 360 Codesafe Team discovered a NULL pointer dereference flaw within the jas_matrix_clip function. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause an application using the JasPer library to crash, resulting in a denial-of-service.

- CVE-2016-2116 Tyler Hicks discovered a memory leak flaw in the jas_iccprof_createfrombuf function. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause the JasPer library to consume memory, resulting in a denial-of-service.

Solution

Upgrade the jasper packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.900.1-13+deb7u4.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 89698

File Name: debian_DSA-3508.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/7/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:jasper, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1577, CVE-2016-2089, CVE-2016-2116

DSA: 3508

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