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Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7225-1 critical: htmldoc memory issues

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities in HTMLDOC necessitate prompt patches to avert service disruptions and safeguard against memory exploitation risks.
Several security issues were fixed in htmldoc.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in htmldoc.

Software Description:

- htmldoc: HTML processor that generates indexed HTML, PS, and PDF

Details:

It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled memory in the

image_set_mask, git_read_lzw, write_header and write_node functions, which

could lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue

only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0137, CVE-2022-24191, CVE-2022-34033,

CVE-2022-34035)

It was discovered that HTMLDOC incorrectly handled memory in the

gif_get_code function, which could lead to a segmentation fault. If a

user or application were tricked into opening a crafted GIF 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-2022-053...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
   htmldoc                         1.9.18-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   htmldoc                         1.9.17-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   htmldoc                         1.9.15-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   htmldoc                         1.9.7-1ubuntu0.3+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   htmldoc                         1.9.2-1ubuntu0.2+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   htmldoc                         1.8.27-8ubuntu1.1+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
   htmldoc                         1.8.27-8ubuntu1+esm4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7225-1

  CVE-2022-0137, CVE-2022-0534, CVE-2022-24191, CVE-2022-27114,

  CVE-2022-28085, CVE-2022-34033, CVE-2022-34035, CVE-2024-45508,

  CVE-2024-46478

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7225-1

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security advisory DoS Ubuntu heap overflow memory issue htmldoc

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/htmldoc/1.9.18-1ubuntu0.1

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