The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4782-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain image files. A remote attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2016-10506 and CVE-2017-12982 affected only Ubuntu 16.04     ESM. CVE-2018-16375, CVE-2018-20845 and CVE-2019-12973 affected only Ubuntu 18.04 ESM.

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.

This update fixes CVE-2017-12982.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201710-26 (OpenJPEG: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJPEG. Please review       the references below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, via a crafted BMP, PDF, or j2k document, could       execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition, or have       other unspecified impacts.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The bmp_read_info_header function in bin/jp2/convertbmp.c in OpenJPEG 2.2.0 does not reject headers with a     zero biBitCount, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure) in     the opj_image_create function in lib/openjp2/image.c, related to the opj_aligned_alloc_n function in     opj_malloc.c. (CVE-2017-12982)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

New openjpeg packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues.

This update fixes CVE-2017-12982, CVE-2017-14040, CVE-2017-14041 and two other security vulnerabilities.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
183158	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : OpenJPEG vulnerabilities (USN-4782-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	10/16/2023	8/28/2024	high
102932	Fedora 26 : mingw-openjpeg2 / openjpeg2 (2017-06cace06ce)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	9/5/2017	1/11/2021	medium
103105	Fedora 25 : mingw-openjpeg2 / openjpeg2 (2017-deefb26e8b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	9/11/2017	1/6/2021	medium
104069	GLSA-201710-26 : OpenJPEG: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	10/23/2017	1/11/2021	high
220762	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-12982	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	3/4/2025	medium
103704	Slackware 14.2 / current : openjpeg (SSA:2017-279-02)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	10/9/2017	1/14/2021	high
105945	Fedora 27 : openjpeg2 (2017-a5bb95b447)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/15/2018	1/6/2021	high

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