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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-7217-1 moderate: PoDoFo buffer overflow

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A series of vulnerabilities addressed in the PoDoFo library impacting different versions of Ubuntu. Verify that your system has been updated.
Several security issues were fixed in PoDoFo.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in PoDoFo. Software Description: - libpodofo: PDF manipulation library Details: It was discovered that the PoDoFo library could dereference a NULL pointer when getting the number of pages in a PDF. If a user or application were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-11255) It was discovered that PoDoFo library incorrectly handled memory when computing an encryption key, which could lead to a buffer overflow. If a user or application were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1...

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security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Ubuntu memory allocation PDF library PoDoFo

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   libpodofo-utils                 0.9.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   libpodofo0.9.7                  0.9.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS   libpodofo-utils                 0.9.6+dfsg-5ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   libpodofo0.9.6                  0.9.6+dfsg-5ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS   libpodofo-utils                 0.9.5-9ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   libpodofo0.9.5                  0.9.5-9ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS   libpodofo-utils                 0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   libpodofo0.9.3                  0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS   libpodofo0.9.0                  0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm3                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7217-1

  CVE-2017-5886, CVE-2018-11255, CVE-2018-12983, CVE-2018-20797,

  CVE-2018-5308, CVE-2018-8002, CVE-2019-10723, CVE-2020-18971,

  CVE-2021-30470, CVE-2021-30471

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7217-1

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security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Ubuntu memory allocation PDF library PoDoFo

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