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Debian: DLA-970-1 Critical Libpodofo Buffer Overflow and DoS

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Calendar Grey May 30, 2017
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Essential patch for Debian LTS addresses memory overflow vulnerabilities in libpodofo, ensuring stability and enhancing system protection.
Several heap-based buffer overflows and NULL pointer dereferences have been discovered in libpodofo, a library for manipulating PDF files, that allow remote attackers to cause a de...
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Summary

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
0.9.0-1.1+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpodofo 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


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Package: libpodofo
Version: 0.9.0-1.1+deb7u2
CVE ID: CVE-2017-6840 CVE-2017-6842 CVE-2017-6843
Debian Bug: 861557 861564 859330 859329

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