Attached is a patch for a planned NMU for this bug. It is essentially the same as the original patch Mark sent along.
I see you've marked this bug as pending, so I'll wait a couple days before pushing the NMU if you'd like to push your particular changes instead. Best wishes, Mike
diff -Nru jasper-1.900.1/debian/changelog jasper-1.900.1/debian/changelog --- jasper-1.900.1/debian/changelog 2011-11-27 13:56:59.000000000 -0500 +++ jasper-1.900.1/debian/changelog 2012-01-03 15:10:02.000000000 -0500 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +jasper (1.900.1-12.1) unstable; urgency=high + + * Non-maintainer upload by the Security Team. + * Fix CVE-2011-4516 and CVE-2011-4517: two buffer overflow issues possibly + exploitable via specially crafted input files (closes: #652649). + + -- Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:58:11 -0500 + jasper (1.900.1-12) unstable; urgency=low * Added patch to fix filename buffer overflow, thanks to Jonas Smedegard diff -Nru jasper-1.900.1/debian/patches/CVE-2011-4516-and-CVE-2011-4517.patch jasper-1.900.1/debian/patches/CVE-2011-4516-and-CVE-2011-4517.patch --- jasper-1.900.1/debian/patches/CVE-2011-4516-and-CVE-2011-4517.patch 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500 +++ jasper-1.900.1/debian/patches/CVE-2011-4516-and-CVE-2011-4517.patch 2012-01-03 15:10:05.000000000 -0500 @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Description: fix denial of service and possible code execution via + heap-based buffer overflows. +Origin: Patch thanks to Red Hat + +Index: jasper-1.900.1/src/libjasper/jpc/jpc_cs.c +=================================================================== +--- jasper-1.900.1.orig/src/libjasper/jpc/jpc_cs.c 2011-12-19 09:35:34.186909298 -0500 ++++ jasper-1.900.1/src/libjasper/jpc/jpc_cs.c 2011-12-19 09:35:51.198909832 -0500 +@@ -744,6 +744,10 @@ + return -1; + } + compparms->numrlvls = compparms->numdlvls + 1; ++ if (compparms->numrlvls > JPC_MAXRLVLS) { ++ jpc_cox_destroycompparms(compparms); ++ return -1; ++ } + if (prtflag) { + for (i = 0; i < compparms->numrlvls; ++i) { + if (jpc_getuint8(in, &tmp)) { +@@ -1331,7 +1335,7 @@ + jpc_crgcomp_t *comp; + uint_fast16_t compno; + crg->numcomps = cstate->numcomps; +- if (!(crg->comps = jas_alloc2(cstate->numcomps, sizeof(uint_fast16_t)))) { ++ if (!(crg->comps = jas_alloc2(cstate->numcomps, sizeof(jpc_crgcomp_t)))) { + return -1; + } + for (compno = 0, comp = crg->comps; compno < cstate->numcomps; diff -Nru jasper-1.900.1/debian/patches/series jasper-1.900.1/debian/patches/series --- jasper-1.900.1/debian/patches/series 2011-11-27 13:55:33.000000000 -0500 +++ jasper-1.900.1/debian/patches/series 2012-01-03 15:10:19.000000000 -0500 @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ 01-misc-fixes.patch 02-fix-filename-buffer-overflow.patch +CVE-2011-4516-and-CVE-2011-4517.patch