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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202105-30 ] MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 10:27:02
Message-Id: 86846a70-123b-a2ee-c601-788ab3310ce4@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202105-30
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: May 26, 2021
10 Bugs: #747151, #772311
11 ID: 202105-30
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MuPDF, the worst of which
19 could result in a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 MuPDF is a lightweight PDF viewer and toolkit written in portable C.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 app-text/mupdf < 1.18.0-r3 >= 1.18.0-r3
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MuPDF. Please review
38 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
44 document using MuPDF, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service
45 condition or have other unspecified impact.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All MuPDF users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/mupdf-1.18.0-r3"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2020-26519
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26519
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-3407
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3407
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68 Availability
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71 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
72 the Gentoo Security Website:
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74 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-30
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76 Concerns?
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79 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
80 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
81 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
82 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
83 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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85 License
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88 Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
89 belongs to its owner(s).
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91 The contents of this document are licensed under the
92 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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94 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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