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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2017.0206
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2017-0206)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'jbig2dec' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2017-0206 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'jbig2dec' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2017-0206 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple security issues have been found in the JBIG2 decoder library,
which may lead to lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary
code if a malformed image file (usually embedded in a PDF document) is
opened (CVE-2016-9601).

Artifex jbig2dec has a heap-based buffer over-read leading to denial of
service (application crash) because of an integer overflow in the
jbig2_decode_symbol_dict function in jbig2_symbol_dict.c in libjbig2dec.a
during operation on a crafted .jb2 file (CVE-2017-7885).

Artifex jbig2dec allows out-of-bounds writes because of an integer
overflow in the jbig2_build_huffman_table function in jbig2_huffman.c
during operations on a crafted JBIG2 file, leading to a denial of service
(application crash) or possibly execution of arbitrary code
(CVE-2017-7975).

Artifex jbig2dec allows out-of-bounds writes and reads because of an
integer overflow in the jbig2_image_compose function in jbig2_image.c
during operations on a crafted .jb2 file, leading to a denial of service
(application crash) (CVE-2017-7976).

Affected Software/OS:
'jbig2dec' package(s) on Mageia 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-9601
BugTraq ID: 97095
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97095
Debian Security Information: DSA-3817 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3817
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-24
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9601
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7885
Debian Security Information: DSA-3855 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3855
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-10
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697703
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7975
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697693
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7976
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697683
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