MGASA-2018-0131

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    MGASA-2018-0131

    Published: 22 Feb 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated qpdf packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Qpdf has been updated to the latest version to fix several security issues. - Stack overflow due to endless recursion in QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral() - Another stack overflow / endless recursion in QPDFWriter::enqueueObject() - Stack out of bounds read in iterate_rc4() - heap out of bounds read (large) in Pl_Buffer::write - Hang due to a pdf xref loop Also, the cups-filters package has been rebuilt for the new qpdf.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0131.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22586, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/13/2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qpdf

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/qpdf?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.1.1-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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