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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2021 12:26 pm    Post subject: [ GLSA 202105-30 ] MuPDF Reply with quote

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202105-30)
Severity: low
Exploitable: local, remote
Date: 2021-05-26
Bug(s): #747151, #772311
ID: 202105-30

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MuPDF, the worst of
which could result in a Denial of Service condition.


Background

MuPDF is a lightweight PDF viewer and toolkit written in portable C.

Affected Packages

Package: app-text/mupdf
Vulnerable: < 1.18.0-r3
Unaffected: >= 1.18.0-r3
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MuPDF. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.


Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
document using MuPDF, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition
or have other unspecified impact.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All MuPDF users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code:
# emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/mupdf-1.18.0-r3"
   


References

CVE-2020-26519
CVE-2021-3407
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