[USN-4642-1] PDFResurrect vulnerability
Mike Salvatore
mike.salvatore at canonical.com
Tue Nov 24 00:31:11 UTC 2020
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4642-1
November 24, 2020
pdfresurrect vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary:
PDFResurrect could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- pdfresurrect: tool for extracting versioning data from PDF documents
Details:
It was discovered that PDFResurrect incorrectly handled certain memory
operations during PDF summary generation. An attacker could use this to
cause out-of-bounds writes, resulting in a denial of service (system crash)
or arbitrary code execution.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
pdfresurrect 0.12-6ubuntu0.2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4642-1
CVE-2020-9549
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdfresurrect/0.12-6ubuntu0.2
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