SB2017021518 - NULL pointer dereference in Fedoraproject Fedora
Published: February 15, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017021518
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
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.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93590
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-bmp_getdata-bmp_dec-c/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385499
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/8f62b4761711d036fd8964df256b938c809b7fca
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/