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A pdfresurrect security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 9 LTS to address multiple vulnerabilities.



DLA 2475-1: pdfresurrect security update


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Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2475-1 debian-lts@lists.debian.org
  https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Roberto C. Sánchez
December 01, 2020   https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : pdfresurrect
Version : 0.12-6+deb9u1
CVE ID : CVE-2019-14934 CVE-2020-20740

Vulnerabilities have been discovered in pdfresurrect, a tool for
analyzing and manipulating revisions to PDF documents.

CVE-2019-14934

pdf_load_pages_kids in pdf.c doesn't validate a certain size value,
which leads to a malloc failure and out-of-bounds write

CVE-2020-20740

lack of header validation checks causes heap-buffer-overflow in
pdf_get_version()

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version
0.12-6+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your pdfresurrect packages.

For the detailed security status of pdfresurrect please refer to
its security tracker page at:
  https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/pdfresurrect

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at:   https://wiki.debian.org/LTS