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Debian DSA-3797-1 Critical Denial Of Service Fix for mupdf

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2017
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3797-1 addresses critical MuPDF vulnerabilities, urging users to upgrade, review security logs, and stay informed on updates
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the PDF viewer MuPDF, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed PDF file is opened
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Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the PDF viewer MuPDF, which
may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if
a malformed PDF file is opened.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.5-1+deb8u2.

For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.9a+ds1-4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.9a+ds1-4.

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/



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Package: mupdf
CVE ID: CVE-2016-8674 CVE-2017-5896 CVE-2017-5991

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