SB2017032318 - NULL pointer dereference in Fedoraproject Fedora
Published: March 23, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017032318
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8887)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in libjasper/jp2/jp2_cod.c in JasPer before 1.900.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference). A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/23/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93835
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/18/jasper-null-pointer-dereference-in-jp2_colr_destroy-jp2_cod-c
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388828
- https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/commit/e24bdc716c3327b067c551bc6cfb97fd2370358d
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22FCKKHQCQ3S6TZY5G44EFDTMWOJXJRD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EGI2FZQLOTSZI3VA4ECJERI74SMNQDL4/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3693-1/