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

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

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

Affected packages
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  1  app-text/mupdf           < 1.3_p20140118        >= 1.3_p20140118

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

Impact
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All MuPDF users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/mupdf-1.3_p20140118"

References
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[ 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/software-vulnerability-research/secunia-research

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-43

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/