7.5 - RHSA-2017:0559

Problem Description:

An update for openjpeg is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

OpenJPEG is an open source library for reading and writing image files in JPEG2000 format.

Security Fix(es):

* Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in OpenJPEG. A specially crafted JPEG2000 image could cause an application using OpenJPEG to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5139, CVE-2016-5158, CVE-2016-5159, CVE-2016-7163)

* A vulnerability was found in the patch for CVE-2013-6045 for OpenJPEG. A specially crafted JPEG2000 image, when read by an application using OpenJPEG, could cause heap-based buffer overflows leading to a crash or, potentially, arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2016-9675)

The CVE-2016-9675 issue was discovered by Doran Moppert (Red Hat Product Security).

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

All running applications using OpenJPEG must be restarted for the update to take effect.

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1363982 - CVE-2016-5139 chromium-browser, openjpeg: Heap overflow in parsing of JPEG2000 precincts 1372219 - CVE-2016-5158 chromium-browser, openjpeg: heap overflow due to unsafe use of opj_aligned_malloc 1372220 - CVE-2016-5159 chromium-browser, openjpeg: heap overflow in parsing of JPEG2000 code blocks 1374329 - CVE-2016-7163 openjpeg: Integer overflow in opj_pi_create_decode 1382202 - CVE-2016-9675 openjpeg: incorrect fix for CVE-2013-6045