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Gentoo: GLSA-202105-30 Low: Multiple MuPDF Risks Detected

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws identified in MuPDF may result in Denial of Service on Gentoo Linux systems. Prompt updates are advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MuPDF, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

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 denial of service update gentoo multiple issues updates low mupdf MuPDF

Resolution

All MuPDF users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/mupdf-1.18.0-r3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-26519 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26519 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-3407 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3407

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-30
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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.

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Severity: Low
Title: MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 26, 2021
Bugs: #747151, #772311
ID: 202105-30

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update gentoo multiple issues updates low mupdf MuPDF

Synopsis

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

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 < 1.18.0-r3 >= 1.18.0-r3

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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