Source: mupdf Version: 1.11+ds1-2 Severity: important Tags: patch security upstream Forwarded: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698699
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for mupdf. CVE-2017-17866[0]: | pdf/pdf-write.c in Artifex MuPDF before 1.12.0 mishandles certain | length changes when a repair operation occurs during a clean operation, | which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer | overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other | impact via a crafted PDF document. The upstream report at [1] does not seem publicly accessible, but the commit [2] references it to fix the issue. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17866 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17866 [1] https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698699 (not public) [2] http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=commitdiff;h=520cc26d18c9ee245b56e9e91f9d4fcae02be5f0 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
