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Ubuntu: USN-3295-1 (CVE-2016-8693): JasPer vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3295-1 (CVE-2016-8693): JasPer vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/05/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/18/2017
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjasper1

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