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Gentoo GLSA 201706-08 Normal: MuPDF Denial of Service Risks

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Calendar Grey June 6, 2017
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Several security flaws in Gentoo's MuPDF may result in Denial of Service issues. It is advisable for all users to perform an update.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MuPDF, the worst of which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impact

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MuPDF. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote threat 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-1.11-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-10221 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10221 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-5991 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5991 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-6060 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6060

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-08
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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: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 06, 2017
Bugs: #611444, #614044, #614852
ID: 201706-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote threat Denial of Service normal severity MuPDF

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MuPDF, the worst of which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impact.

Background

A lightweight PDF, XPS, and E-book viewer.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/mupdf < 1.11-r1 >= 1.11-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted PDF document or image using MuPDF, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.