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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-6277-1 Moderate: Php-Dompdf Risks and Fixes

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Calendar Grey August 8, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Various vulnerabilities identified in php-dompdf for Ubuntu related to insecure data handling and possible execution of arbitrary code.
Several security issues were fixed in Dompdf.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Dompdf. Software Description: - php-dompdf: HTML to PDF converter Details: It was discovered that Dompdf was not properly validating untrusted input when processing HTML content under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-5011, CVE-2014-5012, CVE-2014-5013) It was discovered that Dompdf was not properly validating processed HTML content that referenced PHAR files, which could result in the deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3838) It was discovered that Dompdf was not properly validating processed HTML cont...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: php-dompdf 0.6.2+dfsg-3ubuntu0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): php-dompdf 0.6.2+dfsg-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): php-dompdf 0.6.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6277-1

CVE-2014-5011, CVE-2014-5012, CVE-2014-5013, CVE-2021-3838,

CVE-2022-2400

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6277-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-dompdf/0.6.2+dfsg-3ubuntu0.20.04.1

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