[ GLSA 201908-03 ] JasPer

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: JasPer: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-03)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: 2019-08-09
Bug(s): #614028, #614032, #624988, #629286, #635552, #662160, #674154, #674214
ID: 201908-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in JasPer, the worst of
which could result in a Denial of Service condition.


Background

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


Affected Packages

Package: media-libs/jasper
Vulnerable: <= 2.0.16
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

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


Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

JasPer is no longer maintained upstream and contains many
vulnerabilities which remain unaddressed. Gentoo users are advised to
unmerge this package.