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Gentoo: 201412-43 Normal: MuPDF Remote Code Execution Risk

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Several security flaws identified in MuPDF could permit remote code execution or induce Denial of Service on Gentoo platforms.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MuPDF, possibly resulting in remote code execution or Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MuPDF. Please review the CVE identifier and Secunia Research referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update remote code execution Denial of Service normal severity MuPDF

Resolution

All MuPDF users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/mupdf-1.3_p20140118"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-2013 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2013 [ 2 ] Secunia Research: MuPDF Two Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities https://www.flexera.com/products/security/software-vulnerability-research/secunia-research

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-43
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: MuPDF: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: December 26, 2014
Bugs: #358029, #498876
ID: 201412-43

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update remote code execution Denial of Service normal severity MuPDF

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MuPDF, possibly resulting in remote code execution or Denial of Service.

Background

MuPDF is a lightweight PDF viewer and toolkit written in portable C.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/mupdf < 1.3_p20140118 >= 1.3_p20140118

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF using MuPDF, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.