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Posted on 10 November 2017
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4006-2 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/
November 10, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mupdf
CVE ID : CVE-2017-15587
Debian Bug : 879055
It was discovered that the original patch applied for CVE-2017-15587
in DSA-4006-1 was incomplete. Updated packages are now available to
address this problem. For reference, the relevant part of the original
advisory text follows.
CVE-2017-15587
Terry Chia and Jeremy Heng discovered an integer overflow that can
cause arbitrary code execution via a crafted .pdf file.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.5-1+deb8u3.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem have been fixed in
version 1.9a+ds1-4+deb9u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your mupdf packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
