Debian DSA-2036-1 : jasper - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 45558

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that the JasPer JPEG-2000 runtime library allowed an attacker to create a crafted input file that could lead to denial of service and heap corruption.

Besides addressing this vulnerability, this updates also addresses a regression introduced in the security fix for CVE-2008-3521, applied before Debian Lenny's release, that could cause errors when reading some JPEG input files.

Solution

Upgrade the jasper package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.900.1-5.1+lenny1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 45558

File Name: debian_DSA-2036.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/19/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:jasper, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2721

DSA: 2036

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