Advisories » MGASA-2022-0033

Updated htmldoc packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 25 Jan 2022
Modification date: 25 Jan 2022
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 8
CVE: CVE-2021-43579

Description

The updated packages fix a crash when clicking the button "Generate" and a
security vulnerability:

A stack-based buffer overflow in image_load_bmp() in HTMLDOC <= 1.9.13
results in remote code execution if the victim converts an HTML document
linking to a crafted BMP file. (CVE-2021-43579)
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29914
• https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2022-January/010028.html
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43579

SRPMS

8/core

• htmldoc-1.9.14-1.mga8