MGASA-2019-0293 - Updated xpdf packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 06 Oct 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0293.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-10018,
     CVE-2019-10019,
     CVE-2019-10021,
     CVE-2019-10023,
     CVE-2019-16927

The updated xpdf packages fix security vulnerabilities:

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an FPE in the function
PostScriptFunction::exec at Function.cc for the psOpIdiv case.
(CVE-2019-10018)

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an FPE in the function
PSOutputDev::checkPageSlice at PSOutputDev.cc for nStripes.
(CVE-2019-10019)

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an FPE in the function
ImageStream::ImageStream at Stream.cc for nComps. (CVE-2019-10021)

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an FPE in the function
PostScriptFunction::exec at Function.cc for the psOpMod case.
(CVE-2019-10023)

Xpdf 4.01.01 has an out-of-bounds write in the vertProfile part of the
TextPage::findGaps function in TextOutputDev.cc, a different vulnerability
than CVE-2019-9877. (CVE-2019-16927)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25364
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-10018
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-10019
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-10021
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-10023
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16927

SRPMS:
- 7/core/xpdf-4.02-1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0293: xpdf security update

The updated xpdf packages fix security vulnerabilities: An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01

Summary

The updated xpdf packages fix security vulnerabilities:
An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an FPE in the function PostScriptFunction::exec at Function.cc for the psOpIdiv case. (CVE-2019-10018)
An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an FPE in the function PSOutputDev::checkPageSlice at PSOutputDev.cc for nStripes. (CVE-2019-10019)
An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an FPE in the function ImageStream::ImageStream at Stream.cc for nComps. (CVE-2019-10021)
An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.01.01. There is an FPE in the function PostScriptFunction::exec at Function.cc for the psOpMod case. (CVE-2019-10023)
Xpdf 4.01.01 has an out-of-bounds write in the vertProfile part of the TextPage::findGaps function in TextOutputDev.cc, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-9877. (CVE-2019-16927)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25364

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-10018

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-10019

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-10021

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-10023

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16927

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0293 - Updated xpdf packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 7/core/xpdf-4.02-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 06 Oct 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0293.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-10018, CVE-2019-10019, CVE-2019-10021, CVE-2019-10023, CVE-2019-16927

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