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Mageia 8: MGASA-2022-0320 Critical: Xpdf Integer Overflow Threat

In Xpdf prior to 4.04, the DCT (JPEG) decoder was incorrectly allowing the 'interleaved' flag to be changed after the first scan of the image, leading to an unknown integer-related vulnerability in Stream.cc. (CVE-2022-24106) . MGASA-2022-0320 - Updated xpdf packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 07 Sep 2022 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0320.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 8 CVE: CVE-2022-24106, CVE-2022-24106, CVE-2022-38171 In Xpdf prior to 4.04, the DCT (JPEG) decoder was incorrectly allowing the 'interleaved' flag to be changed after the first scan of the image, leading to an unknown integer-related vulnerability in Stream.cc. (CVE-2022-24106) Xpdf prior to 4.04 lacked an integer overflow check in JPXStream.cc. (CVE-2022-24107) Xpdf prior to version 4.04 contains an integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoder (JBIG2Stream::readTextRegionSeg() in JBIG2Stream.cc). Processing a specially crafted PDF file or JBIG2 image could lead to a crash or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-38171) References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30804 - http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24106 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24106 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38171 SRPMS: - 8/core/xpdf-4.04-1.mga8 . Revised Fedora xpdf modules address significant vulnerabilities tied to integer overflows and image handling defects.. Mageia Security Update, Xpdf Vulnerability, Integer Overflow, JPEG Decoder Issue. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 07, 2022 •Critical Mageia