Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2919-1
3rd March, 2016
jasper vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in JasPer.
Software description
- jasper
– Library for manipulating JPEG-2000 files
Details
Jacob Baines 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-2016-1577)
Tyler Hicks 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 consume memory, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-2116)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 15.10:
-
libjasper1
1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu0.15.10.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libjasper1
1.900.1-14ubuntu3.3
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
libjasper1
1.900.1-13ubuntu0.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.