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Debian: DLA-1904-1 Critical: libextractor Heap Overflow

debian lts
Calendar Grey August 30, 2019
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance libextractor to address heap-buffer-overflow security flaws. Check the advisory details, relevant information, and available updates.
jianglin found an issue in libextractor, a library that extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type
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Summary

A crafted file could result in a heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability in
function EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method in dvi_extractor.c.


For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
1:1.3-2+deb8u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your libextractor packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
DLA-1904-1 (END)



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Package: libextractor
Version: 1:1.3-2+deb8u5
CVE ID: CVE-2019-15531

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