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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202401-20
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: QPDF: Buffer Overflow
     Date: January 15, 2024
     Bugs: #803110
       ID: 202401-20

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been found in QPDF which can lead to a heap-based
buffer overflow.

Background
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QPDF: A content-preserving PDF document transformer.

Affected packages
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Package        Vulnerable    Unaffected
-------------  ------------  ------------
app-text/qpdf  < 10.1.0      >= 10.1.0

Description
===========

A vulnerability has been discovered in QPDF. Please review the CVE
identifier referenced below for details.

Impact
======

QPDF has a heap-based buffer overflow in Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write
(called from Pl_AES_PDF::flush and Pl_AES_PDF::finish) when a certain
downstream write fails.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All QPDF users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/qpdf-10.1.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2021-36978
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36978

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-20

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/