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Fedora 33: FEDORA-2020-972ad7c8a8 Critical: python-PyMuPDF DoS Issue

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Calendar Grey October 23, 2020
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Crucial notice regarding python-PyMuPDF on Fedora highlights a significant denial-of-service vulnerability. Remain vigilant and ensure your software is up to date.
mupdf 1.18.0 and depending packages

Summary

This is PyMuPDF, a Python binding for MuPDF - a lightweight PDF and XPS

viewer. MuPDF can access files in PDF, XPS, OpenXPS, epub, comic and fiction

book formats, and it is known for its top performance and high rendering

quality. With PyMuPDF you therefore can also access files with extensions

*.pdf, *.xps, *.oxps, *.epub, *.cbz or *.fb2 from your Python scripts.

mupdf 1.18.0 and depending packages

* Thu Oct 8 2020 Michael J Gruber - 1.18.0-1

- Update to new upstream release 1.18.0

[ 1 ] Bug #1886338 - CVE-2020-26519 mupdf: heap based buffer over-write when parsing JBIG2 files allows DoS

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1886338

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-972ad7c8a8' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Product: Fedora 33
Version: 1.18.0
Release: 1.fc33
Summary: Python binding for MuPDF - a lightweight PDF and XPS viewer

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