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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-9591: Security patch for jasper (ALAS-2017-836)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-9591: Security patch for jasper (ALAS-2017-836)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/09/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/07/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

JasPer before version 2.0.12 is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the way it decodes certain JPEG 2000 image files resulting in a crash on the application using JasPer.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-jasper

References

  • ALAS-2017-836
  • DLA-920-1
  • DSA-3827
  • CVE-2016-9591
  • USN-3295-1

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