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Debian DSA-3785-1 : jasper - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 97090

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the JasPer library for processing JPEG-2000 images, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed image is processed.

Solution

Upgrade the jasper packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/jasper

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3785

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97090

File Name: debian_DSA-3785.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1867, CVE-2016-8654, CVE-2016-8691, CVE-2016-8692, CVE-2016-8693, CVE-2016-8882, CVE-2016-9560

DSA: 3785