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Debian 10: DLA-3497-1 Moderate: PyPDF2 Runtime Issue Resolution

debian lts
Calendar Grey July 14, 2023
Dist Debian Esm H88
Debian long-term support patches resolve exponential time complexity bug in PyPDF2 related to corrupt PDF files. Users are advised to upgrade for improved security.
Quadratic runtime with malformed PDFs missing xref marker has been fixed in PyPDF2, a pure Python PDF library
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Summary

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
1.26.0-2+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your pypdf2 packages.

For the detailed security status of pypdf2 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/pypdf2

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


Package: pypdf2
Version: 1.26.0-2+deb10u2
CVE ID: CVE-2023-36810

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