Ubuntu alert USN-2483-1 (jasper)
| From: | Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> | |
| To: | ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com | |
| Subject: | [USN-2483-1] JasPer vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Mon, 26 Jan 2015 08:45:24 -0500 | |
| Message-ID: | <54C644F4.5010301@canonical.com> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2483-1 January 26, 2015 jasper vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: JasPer could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - jasper: Library for manipulating JPEG-2000 files Details: Jose Duart discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled ICC color profiles in JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-8137) Jose Duart discovered that JasPer incorrectly decoded certain malformed JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-8138) It was discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled certain malformed JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-8157) It was discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled memory when processing JPEG-2000 image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted JPEG-2000 image file, a remote attacker could cause JasPer to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2014-8158) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.10: libjasper1 1.900.1-debian1-2ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libjasper1 1.900.1-14ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libjasper1 1.900.1-13ubuntu0.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2483-1 CVE-2014-8137, CVE-2014-8138, CVE-2014-8157, CVE-2014-8158 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jasper/1.900.1-debia... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jasper/1.900.1-14ubu... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jasper/1.900.1-13ubu... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...