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SUSE: CVE-2016-8884: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/05/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/07/2016
Modified
08/10/2021

Description

The bmp_getdata function in libjasper/bmp/bmp_dec.c in JasPer 1.900.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by calling the imginfo command with a crafted BMP image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8690.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libjasper
  • suse-upgrade-libjasper-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libjasper-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libjasper-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libjasper1
  • suse-upgrade-libjasper1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libjasper4

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2775-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2776-1
  • 93834
  • RHSA-2017:1208
  • CVE-2016-8884

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