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Debian: DSA-3708-1 Critical: MAT PDF Metadata Issue and Resolution

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Calendar Grey November 7, 2016
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Uncover the vulnerability present in MAT that compromises the handling of PDF metadata, along with the proposed solution detailed in Debian advisory DSA-3708-1.
Hartmut Goebel discovered that MAT, a toolkit to anonymise/remove metadata from files did not remove metadata from images embededed in PDF documents
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Summary

Hartmut Goebel discovered that MAT, a toolkit to anonymise/remove
metadata from files did not remove metadata from images embededed in PDF
documents.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.5.2-3+deb8u1. This update disables PDF support in MAT
entirely.

We recommend that you upgrade your mat 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/



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Package: mat
CVE ID: not yet available

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security advisory critical Debian metadata anonymization pdf mat

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