ALAS-2015-479

Amazon Linux 1 (EOL) Security Advisory: ALAS-2015-479
Advisory Released Date: 2015-02-11
Advisory Updated Date: 2015-02-11

Severity: Important

References: CVE-2014-8157 CVE-2014-8158 RHSA-2015-0074
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity

Issue Overview:

An off-by-one flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way JasPer decoded JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-8157)

An unrestricted stack memory use flaw was found in the way JasPer decoded JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-8158)

Affected Packages:

jasper

Issue Correction:
Run yum update jasper to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:
    jasper-libs-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.i686
    jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.i686
    jasper-utils-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.i686
    jasper-devel-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.i686
    jasper-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.i686

src:
    jasper-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    jasper-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.x86_64
    jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.x86_64
    jasper-devel-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.x86_64
    jasper-utils-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.x86_64
    jasper-libs-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1.x86_64

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2014-8157, CVE-2014-8158

Mitre: CVE-2014-8157, CVE-2014-8158