GLSA 202105-30: MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	low
Title:	MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	05/26/2021
Bugs:	#747151, #772311
ID:	202105-30

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MuPDF, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

MuPDF is a lightweight PDF viewer and toolkit written in portable C.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-text/mupdf	< 1.18.0-r3	>= 1.18.0-r3	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MuPDF. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF document using MuPDF, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All MuPDF users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/mupdf-1.18.0-r3"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202105-30.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.