MGASA-2017-0469

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    MGASA-2017-0469

    Published: 25 Dec 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-16899

    Summary: Updated transfig package fix security vulnerability

    Details: An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way fig2dev program in Xfig handled the processing of Fig format files. This flaw could potentially be used to crash the fig2dev program by tricking it into processing specially crafted Fig format files (CVE-2017-16899).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0469.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22199, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/MCUENJQNHVYLROFSXJPDPPHHAYFYM3Z2/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: transfig

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/transfig?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.2.5d-8.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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    High