JasPer: Multiple vulnerabilities

JasPer: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in JasPer, the worst of which could could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. JasPer 2017-07-08 2017-08-06 559164 559168 571256 599430 602848 remote 2.0.12 2.0.12

JasPer is a software-based implementation of the codec specified in the JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in JasPer. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image file using JasPer possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All JasPer users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/jasper-2.0.12"

CVE-2015-5203 CVE-2015-8751 CVE-2016-9262 CVE-2016-9591 BlueKnight whissi