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Red Hat update for openjpeg


Secunia ID

SA49913

CVE-ID

CVE-2009-5030, CVE-2012-3358

Release Date

12 Jul 2012

Last Change

13 Jul 2012

Criticality

Highly Critical

Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Where

From remote

Impact
System access

This covers vulnerabilities where malicious people are able to gain system access and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a local user.

Description

Red Hat has issued an update for openjpeg. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.

For more information:
SA48781

Solution

Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
https://rhn.redhat.com/

Original Advisory

RHSA-2012:1068-1:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1068.html