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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-27828: Security patch for jasper (ALAS-2023-2018)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-27828: Security patch for jasper (ALAS-2023-2018)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/11/2020
Created
05/05/2023
Added
04/21/2023
Modified
04/21/2023

Description

There's a flaw in jasper's jpc encoder in versions prior to 2.0.23. Crafted input provided to jasper by an attacker could cause an arbitrary out-of-bounds write. This could potentially affect data confidentiality, integrity, or application availability.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-jasper
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-jasper-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-jasper-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-jasper-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-jasper-utils

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