Improper Input Validation Affecting jasper package, versions <2.0.14-3.11.8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-JASPER-2711597
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed15 Jul 2020

Introduced: 15 Jul 2020

CVE-2018-9154  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 jasper to version 2.0.14-3.11.8 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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a reachable abort in the function jpc_dec_process_sot in libjasper/jpc/jpc_dec.c of JasPer 2.0.14 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack by triggering an unexpected jas_alloc2 return value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-13745.