Important: jasper

Issue Overview:

Multiple off-by-one flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in the way JasPer decoded JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9029)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way JasPer decoded JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-8138)

A double free flaw was found in the way JasPer parsed ICC color profiles in JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-8137)

Affected Packages:

jasper

Issue Correction:
Run yum update jasper to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    jasper-utils-1.900.1-16.7.amzn1.i686  
    jasper-libs-1.900.1-16.7.amzn1.i686  
    jasper-devel-1.900.1-16.7.amzn1.i686  
    jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-16.7.amzn1.i686  
    jasper-1.900.1-16.7.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    jasper-1.900.1-16.7.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    jasper-libs-1.900.1-16.7.amzn1.x86_64  
    jasper-1.900.1-16.7.amzn1.x86_64  
    jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-16.7.amzn1.x86_64  
    jasper-devel-1.900.1-16.7.amzn1.x86_64  
    jasper-utils-1.900.1-16.7.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2014-8137, CVE-2014-8138, CVE-2014-9029

Mitre: CVE-2014-8137, CVE-2014-8138, CVE-2014-9029