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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-1577: Security patch for jasper (ALAS-2017-836)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-1577: Security patch for jasper (ALAS-2017-836)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/07/2017
Modified
02/02/2018

Description

Double free vulnerability in the jas_iccattrval_destroy function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-8137.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-jasper

References

  • RHSA-2017:1208
  • ALAS-2017-836
  • DSA-3508
  • 84133
  • USN-2919-1
  • CVE-2016-1577

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