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Debian: DSA-5032-1 Critical: Djvulibre Document Crash and Code Execution

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Calendar Grey December 28, 2021
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Important security patch for djvulibre resolves various vulnerabilities that could allow code execution via specially designed files.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in djvulibre, a library and set of tools to handle documents in the DjVu format
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Summary


Several vulnerabilities were discovered in djvulibre, a library and
set of tools to handle documents in the DjVu format. An attacker could
crash document viewers and possibly execute arbitrary code through
crafted DjVu files.

For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed
in version 3.5.27.1-10+deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in
version 3.5.28-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your djvulibre packages.

For the detailed security status of djvulibre please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/djvulibre

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: djvulibre
CVE ID: CVE-2019-15142 CVE-2019-15143 CVE-2019-15144 CVE-2019-15145

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