MGASA-2018-0131

Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0131.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0131.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2018-0131
Published
2018-02-22T19:49:44Z
Modified
2026-04-16T04:27:00Z
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
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:6 / qpdf

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.1.1-1.mga6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0131.json"

Mageia:6 / cups-filters

Package

Name
cups-filters
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/cups-filters?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.13.4-2.2.mga6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0131.json"