NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting jasper package, versions <1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u4
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.31% (70th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-JASPER-342957
- published 15 Feb 2017
- disclosed 15 Feb 2017
Introduced: 15 Feb 2017
CVE-2016-8690 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
jasper
to version 1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u4 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jasper
package and not the jasper
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
The bmp_getdata function in libjasper/bmp/bmp_dec.c in JasPer before 1.900.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted BMP image in an imginfo command.
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00023.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8690
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/8f62b4761711d036fd8964df256b938c809b7fca
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/16/jasper-two-null-pointer-dereference-in-bmp_getdata-bmp_dec-c/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/14
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385499
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93590
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-8690
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/