GLSA 201908-03: JasPer: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:JasPer: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:08/09/2019
Bugs: #614028, #614032, #624988, #629286, #635552, #662160, #674154, #674214
ID:201908-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in JasPer, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

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

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
media-libs/jasper <= 2.0.16 All supported architectures

Description

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.

Resolution

JasPer is no longer maintained upstream and contains many vulnerabilities which remain unaddressed. Gentoo users are advised to unmerge this package.

      # emerge --unmerge media-libs/jasper
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201908-03.xml

Concerns?

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

Copyright 2010 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.

Thank you!