USN-2056-1: DjVuLibre vulnerability
Publication date
16 December 2013
Overview
DjVuLibre could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- djvulibre - DjVu image format library and tools
Details
It was discovered that DjVuLibre incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted DjVu file, applications could be made to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
It was discovered that DjVuLibre incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted DjVu file, applications could be made to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.04 precise | libdjvulibre21 – 3.5.24-9ubuntu0.1 | ||
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