An issue was discovered in JasPer 2.0.14. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function ras_putdatastd in ras/ras_enc.c.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue was discovered in JasPer 2.0.14. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function     ras_putdatastd in ras/ras_enc.c. (CVE-2018-18873)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4688-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a crash. (CVE-2018-18873)

    It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue     to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-19542)

    It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly handled certain JPC encoders. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-27828)

    It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to expose sensitive information or cause a crash. (CVE-2017-9782)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for jasper fixes the following issues :

CVE-2016-9398: Improved patch for already fixed issue (bsc#1010979).

CVE-2016-9399: Fix assert in calcstepsizes (bsc#1010980).

CVE-2017-5499: Validate component depth bit (bsc#1020451).

CVE-2017-5503: Check bounds in jas_seq2d_bindsub() (bsc#1020456).

CVE-2017-5504: Check bounds in jas_seq2d_bindsub() (bsc#1020458).

CVE-2017-5505: Check bounds in jas_seq2d_bindsub() (bsc#1020460).

CVE-2017-14132: Fix heap base overflow in by checking components (bsc#1057152).

CVE-2018-9252: Fix reachable assertion in jpc_abstorelstepsize (bsc#1088278).

CVE-2018-18873: Fix NULL pointer deref in ras_putdatastd (bsc#1114498).

CVE-2018-19139: Fix mem leaks by registering jpc_unk_destroyparms (bsc#1115637).

CVE-2018-19543, bsc#1045450 CVE-2017-9782: Fix numchans mixup (bsc#1117328).

CVE-2018-20570: Fix heap-based buffer over-read in jp2_encode (bsc#1120807).

CVE-2018-20622: Fix memory leak in jas_malloc.c (bsc#1120805).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for jasper fixes the following issues :

CVE-2016-9398: Improved patch for already fixed issue (bsc#1010979).

CVE-2016-9399: Fix assert in calcstepsizes (bsc#1010980).

CVE-2016-9397: Fix assert in jpc_dequantize (bsc#1010786).

CVE-2016-9557: Fix signed integer overflow (bsc#1011829).

CVE-2017-5499: Validate component depth bit (bsc#1020451).

CVE-2017-5503: Check bounds in jas_seq2d_bindsub() (bsc#1020456).

CVE-2017-5504: Check bounds in jas_seq2d_bindsub() (bsc#1020458).

CVE-2017-5505: Check bounds in jas_seq2d_bindsub() (bsc#1020460).

CVE-2017-14132: Fix heap base overflow in by checking components (bsc#1057152).

CVE-2018-9154: Fixed a potential denial of service in jpc_dec_process_sot() (bsc#1092115).

CVE-2018-9252: Fix reachable assertion in jpc_abstorelstepsize (bsc#1088278).

CVE-2018-18873: Fix NULL pointer deref in ras_putdatastd (bsc#1114498).

CVE-2018-19139: Fix mem leaks by registering jpc_unk_destroyparms (bsc#1115637).

CVE-2018-19543, bsc#1045450 CVE-2017-9782: Fix numchans mixup (bsc#1117328).

CVE-2018-20570: Fix heap-based buffer over-read in jp2_encode (bsc#1120807).

CVE-2018-20622: Fix memory leak in jas_malloc.c (bsc#1120805).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for jasper fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2016-9398: Improved patch for already fixed issue     (bsc#1010979).

  - CVE-2016-9399: Fix assert in calcstepsizes     (bsc#1010980).

  - CVE-2017-5499: Validate component depth bit     (bsc#1020451).

  - CVE-2017-5503: Check bounds in jas_seq2d_bindsub()     (bsc#1020456).

  - CVE-2017-5504: Check bounds in jas_seq2d_bindsub()     (bsc#1020458).

  - CVE-2017-5505: Check bounds in jas_seq2d_bindsub()     (bsc#1020460).

  - CVE-2017-14132: Fix heap base overflow in by checking     components (bsc#1057152).

  - CVE-2018-9252: Fix reachable assertion in     jpc_abstorelstepsize (bsc#1088278).

  - CVE-2018-18873: Fix NULL pointer deref in ras_putdatastd     (bsc#1114498).

  - CVE-2018-19139: Fix mem leaks by registering     jpc_unk_destroyparms (bsc#1115637).

  - CVE-2018-19543, bsc#1045450 CVE-2017-9782: Fix numchans     mixup (bsc#1117328).

  - CVE-2018-20570: Fix heap based buffer over-read in     jp2_encode (bsc#1120807).

  - CVE-2018-20622: Fix memory leak in jas_malloc.c     (bsc#1120805).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

JasPer NEWS :

- Fix CVE-2018-9154

- Fix CVE-2018-19541

- Fix CVE-2016-9399, CVE-2017-13751

- Fix CVE-2018-19540

- Fix CVE-2018-9055

- Fix CVE-2017-13748

- Fix CVE-2017-5503, CVE-2017-5504, CVE-2017-5505

- Fix CVE-2018-9252

- Fix CVE-2018-19139

- Fix CVE-2018-19543, CVE-2017-9782

- Fix CVE-2018-20570

- Fix CVE-2018-20622

- Fix CVE-2016-9398

- Fix CVE-2017-14132

- Fix CVE-2017-5499

- Fix CVE-2018-18873

- Fix CVE-2017-13750

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201908-03 (JasPer: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
222139	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-18873	Nessus	Misc.	medium
144849	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : JasPer vulnerabilities (USN-4688-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
143883	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : jasper (SUSE-SU-2020:2689-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
143645	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : jasper (SUSE-SU-2020:2690-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
141151	openSUSE Security Update : jasper (openSUSE-2020-1517)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
141070	openSUSE Security Update : jasper (openSUSE-2020-1523)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
139830	FreeBSD : jasper -- multiple vulnerabilities (6842ac7e-d250-11ea-b9b7-08002728f74c)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
127561	GLSA-201908-03 : JasPer: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high

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