Ubuntu Security Notice USN-742-1
19th March, 2009
jasper vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- jasper
Details
It was discovered that JasPer did not correctly handle memory allocation
when parsing certain malformed JPEG2000 images. If a user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted image with an application that uses libjasper,
an attacker could cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary
code with the user's privileges. (CVE-2008-3520)
It was discovered that JasPer created temporary files in an insecure way.
Local users could exploit a race condition and cause a denial of service in
libjasper applications.
(CVE-2008-3521)
It was discovered that JasPer did not correctly handle certain formatting
operations. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image
with an application that uses libjasper, an attacker could cause a denial
of service and possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
(CVE-2008-3522)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 8.10:
- libjasper1 1.900.1-5ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- libjasper1 1.900.1-3ubuntu0.8.04.1
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- libjasper1 1.900.1-3ubuntu0.7.10.1
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- libjasper-1.701-1 1.701.0-2ubuntu0.6.06.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.