SB2016022101 - Buffer overflow in Debian Linux
Published: February 21, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016022101
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1628)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
pi.c in OpenJPEG, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.109, does not validate a certain precision value, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted JPEG 2000 image in a PDF document, related to the opj_pi_next_rpcl, opj_pi_next_pcrl, and opj_pi_next_cprl functions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_9.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0241.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3486
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4013
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83125
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035183
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-172/
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=571479
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1590593002
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-26