SB2016102423 - Fedora 25 update for jasper

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8690)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted BMP image in an imginfo command.

2) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8691)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within The jpc_dec_process_siz function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.4. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted XRsiz value in a BMP image to the imginfo command.

3) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8692)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within The jpc_dec_process_siz function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.4. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted YRsiz value in a BMP image to the imginfo command.

4) Double Free (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8693)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Double free vulnerability in the mem_close function in jas_stream.c in JasPer before 1.900.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image to the imginfo command.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-81f9c6f0ae