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title: "CVE-2008-3522\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-3522

Publication date 2 October 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Buffer overflow in the jas\_stream\_printf function in
libjasper/base/jas\_stream.c in JasPer 1.900.1 might allow context-dependent
attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to the mif\_hdr\_put
function and use of vsprintf.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ghostscript | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 8.71.dfsg.2-0ubuntu7.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.4 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.4 |
| jasper | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.900.1-5ubuntu0.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.900.1-3ubuntu0.8.04.1 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.900.1-3ubuntu0.7.10.1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.701.0-2ubuntu0.6.06.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3522?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| jasper | * Vendor:   <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=316079> * Vendor:   <http://patch-tracking.debian.net/patch/series/view/jasper/1.900.1-5.1/02_security.dpatch> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3522)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3522)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-3522)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3522)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-742-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-742-1)
+ JasPer vulnerabilities
+ 19 March 2009

+ [USN-1317-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1317-1)
+ Ghostscript vulnerabilities
+ 4 January 2012

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3522>