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Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7587-1 critical: fig2dev denial of service

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities addressed in Fig2dev for Ubuntu 24.10 and older releases. Urgent patches are necessary.
Several security issues were fixed in Fig2dev.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Fig2dev.

Software Description:

- fig2dev: Tools for creating TeX documents with portable graphics

Details:

Suhwan Song discovered that Fig2dev did not correctly handle certain

memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into

opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21680, CVE-2020-21682,

CVE-2020-21683)

It was discovered that Fig2dev did not limit the size of certain inputs.

If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially

crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a

denial of service. (CVE-2025-31162, CVE-2025-31163)

It was discovered that Fig2dev did not correctly handle certain inputs.

If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially

crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a

denial of service. This ...

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security advisory denial of service security issue important ubuntu fig2dev

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.10
  fig2dev                         1:3.2.9-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  fig2dev                         1:3.2.9-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  fig2dev                         1:3.2.8b-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  fig2dev                         1:3.2.7a-7ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  fig2dev                         1:3.2.6a-6ubuntu1.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  transfig                        1:3.2.6a-6ubuntu1.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7587-1

CVE-2020-21680, CVE-2020-21682, CVE-2020-21683, CVE-2025-31162,

CVE-2025-31163, CVE-2025-31164

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7587-1

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security advisory denial of service security issue important ubuntu fig2dev

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fig2dev/1:3.2.9-4ubuntu0.1

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