CVE-2011-4516

Publication date 14 December 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the jpc_cox_getcompparms function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_cs.c in JasPer 1.900.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted numrlvls value in a coding style default (COD) marker segment in a JPEG2000 file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ghostscript	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 8.71.dfsg.2-0ubuntu7.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.4
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.4
jasper	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 1.900.1-7ubuntu2.11.10.1
	11.04 natty	Fixed 1.900.1-7ubuntu2.11.04.1
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 1.900.1-7ubuntu0.10.10.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1.900.1-7ubuntu0.10.04.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
netpbm-free	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

test images can be found at http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/jasper/

mdeslaur

ghostscript has embedded jasper in maverick and older Debian's netpbm-free doesn't contain jasper

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
jasper	Vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1807.html
netpbm-free	Vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1811.html