Home / mailings

PDF

[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201702-12 ] MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities

Posted on 19 February 2017
Gentoo-announce

This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156)
--D2ae6hV6mnOwNvsFAMdOdOLuwhkrqn6ad
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="SOUkjTn8b7jo7ow0H6Cwm8HAJCjaRpMjo";
protected-headers="v1"
From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>
Reply-To: security@gentoo.org
To: gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org
Message-ID: <7357e1bc-8545-5cfc-aace-59422bb54240@gentoo.org>
Subject: [ GLSA 201702-12 ] MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities

--SOUkjTn8b7jo7ow0H6Cwm8HAJCjaRpMjo
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201702-12
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
https://security.gentoo.org/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Severity: Normal
Title: MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 19, 2017
Bugs: #589826, #590480, #608702, #608712
ID: 201702-12

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Synopsis
========
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MuPDF, the worst of which
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background
==========
A lightweight PDF, XPS, and E-book viewer.

Affected packages
=================
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 app-text/mupdf < 1.10a-r1 >= 1.10a-r1

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 the execution of arbitrary
code, with the privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service
condition.

Workaround
==========
There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========
All MuPDF users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/mupdf-1.10a-r1"

References
==========
[ 1 ] CVE-2016-6265
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6265
[ 2 ] CVE-2016-6525
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6525
[ 3 ] CVE-2017-5896
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5896

Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-12

Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======
Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


--SOUkjTn8b7jo7ow0H6Cwm8HAJCjaRpMjo--

--D2ae6hV6mnOwNvsFAMdOdOLuwhkrqn6ad
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"
Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc"

 

TOP