SB2020052918 - OpenSUSE Linux update for jasper
Published: May 29, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020052918
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9154)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.