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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201503-01
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Severity: Normal
Title: JasPer: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: March 06, 2015
Bugs: #531688, #533744, #537530
ID: 201503-01

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in JasPer, the worst of which
could could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Background
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JasPer is a software-based implementation of the codec specified in the
JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/jasper < 1.900.1-r9 >= 1.900.1-r9

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in JasPer. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file
using JasPer, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All jasper users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=media-libs/jasper-1.900.1-r9”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8137
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8137
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-8138
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8138
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-8157
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8157
[ 4 ] CVE-2014-8158
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8158
[ 5 ] CVE-2014-9029
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9029

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201503-01.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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