Amazon Linux AMI update for jasper

Published: 2015-02-11

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2014-8157 CVE-2014-8158
CWE-ID	CWE-122 CWE-121
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU33266

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8157

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Off-by-one error in the jpc_dec_process_sot function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier. A remote attacker can use a crafted JPEG 2000 image to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    jasper-libs-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.i686
    jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.i686
    jasper-utils-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.i686
    jasper-devel-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.i686
    jasper-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.i686

src:
    jasper-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    jasper-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.x86_64
    jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.x86_64
    jasper-devel-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.x86_64
    jasper-utils-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.x86_64
    jasper-libs-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-479.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Stack-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU33267