MGASA-2020-0449 - Updated pdfresurrect package fixes security vulnerability

Publication date: 05 Dec 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0449.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-20740

In PDFResurrect before 0.20, lack of header validation checks causes a
heap-buffer-overflow in pdf_get_version() (CVE-2020-20740).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27704
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2475
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/JMEEEPBBGER5LPABBRVZLMCC6Z24RBXW/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-20740

SRPMS:
- 7/core/pdfresurrect-0.21-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0449: pdfresurrect security update

In PDFResurrect before 0.20, lack of header validation checks causes a heap-buffer-overflow in pdf_get_version() (CVE-2020-20740)

Summary

In PDFResurrect before 0.20, lack of header validation checks causes a heap-buffer-overflow in pdf_get_version() (CVE-2020-20740).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27704

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2475

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/JMEEEPBBGER5LPABBRVZLMCC6Z24RBXW/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-20740

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0449 - Updated pdfresurrect package fixes security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/pdfresurrect-0.21-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 05 Dec 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0449.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-20740

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