[manjaro-security] [arch-security] [ASA-201703-9] jasper: multiple issues

Levente Polyak anthraxx at archlinux.org
Tue Mar 14 22:52:57 CET 2017


Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201703-9
=========================================

Severity: High
Date    : 2017-03-14
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-8886 CVE-2016-9591
Package : jasper
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-69

Summary
=======

The package jasper before version 2.0.12-1 is vulnerable to multiple
issues including arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

Resolution
==========

Upgrade to 2.0.12-1.

# pacman -Syu "jasper>=2.0.12-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 2.0.12.

Workaround
==========

None.

Description
===========

- CVE-2016-8886 (denial of service)

A memory allocation failure was found in jas_malloc triggered by a
crafted file that results in an application crash leading to denial of
service.

- CVE-2016-9591 (arbitrary code execution)

A heap-use-after-free vulnerability has been found in jasper. The
vulnerability exists in code responsible for re-encoding the decoded
input image file to a J2P image. The vulnerability is caused by not
setting related pointers to be null after the pointers are freed (i.e.
missing Setting-Pointer-Null operations after free). The vulnerability
can further cause double-free.

Impact
======

A remote attacker is able to use specially crafted images that, when
processed, lead to arbitrary code execution or application crash.

References
==========

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/214
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-memory-allocation-failure-in-jas_malloc-jas_malloc-c
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/65536647d380571d1a9a6c91fa03775fb5bbd256
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/105
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/16/3
https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/03fe49ab96bf65fea784cdc256507ea88267fc7c
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2016-8886
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2016-9591

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