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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-9573) ELSA-2017-0838: openjpeg security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-9573) ELSA-2017-0838: openjpeg security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/27/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/23/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in OpenJPEG 2.1.2, in the j2k_to_image tool. Converting a specially crafted JPEG2000 file to another format could cause the application to crash or, potentially, disclose some data from the heap.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openjpeg
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openjpeg-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openjpeg-libs

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