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Gentoo: GLSA-202007-36 Normal: DjVu Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey July 26, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
PdfX has several vulnerabilities, one leading to potential data breaches; users are urged to upgrade to the newest release immediately.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in DjVu, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo multiple issues normal djvu

Resolution

All DjVu users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/djvu-3.5.27-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-15142 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15142 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-15143 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15143 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-15144 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15144 [ 4 ] CVE-2019-15145 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15145

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-36
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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: DjVu: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 27, 2020
Bugs: #536720, #718552
ID: 202007-36

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo multiple issues normal djvu

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in DjVu, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

DjVu is a web-centric format and software platform for distributing documents and images.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/djvu < 3.5.27-r2 >= 3.5.27-r2

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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