SB2014042701 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenJPEG

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6053)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

OpenJPEG 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors that trigger a heap-based out-of-bounds read.

2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6887)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via unspecified vectors that trigger NULL pointer dereferences, division-by-zero, and other errors.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://openjpeg.googlecode.com/svn/tags/version.1.5.2/NEWS
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/412
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64121
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036493
• https://code.google.com/p/openjpeg/issues/detail?id=297
• http://secunia.com/advisories/57285