SB2016041320 - Memory leak in JasPer

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2116)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

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

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the jas_iccprof_createfrombuf function in JasPer 1.900.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ICC color profile in a JPEG 2000 image file. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3508
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/03/12
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84133
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2919-1
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1208
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jasper/+bug/1547865