Gentoo: GLSA-201908-03: JasPer: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in JasPer. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
JasPer is no longer maintained upstream and contains many
vulnerabilities which remain unaddressed. Gentoo users are advised to
unmerge this package.
# emerge --unmerge media-libs/jasper
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-1000050 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000050 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-13745 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13745 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-13746 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13746 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-13747 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13747 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-13748 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13748 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-13749 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13749 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-13750 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13750 [ 8 ] CVE-2017-13751 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13751 [ 9 ] CVE-2017-13752 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13752 [ 10 ] CVE-2017-13753 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13753 [ 11 ] CVE-2017-14132 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14132 [ 12 ] CVE-2017-14229 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14229 [ 13 ] CVE-2017-14232 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-201...
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-03
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
Background
JasPer is a software-based implementation of the codec specified in the JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/jasper <= 2.0.16 >=
Impact
===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.