USN-2919-1: JasPer vulnerabilities

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.

References

CVE-2016-1577,

CVE-2016-2116