Updated transfig package fixes a security vulnerability
Publication date: 27 Jul 2021Modification date: 27 Jul 2021
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 8
CVE: CVE-2021-3561
Description
An Out of Bounds flaw was found fig2dev version 3.2.8a. A flawed bounds check
in read_objects() could allow an attacker to provide a crafted malicious input
causing the application to either crash or in some cases cause memory
corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity as well
as system availability (CVE-2021-3561).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29126
- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/RK4BRVCUPZKN5VS2JGWBPYITONWJCIZJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/C44WSY5KAQXC3Y2NMSVXXZS3M5U5U2E6/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3561
SRPMS
8/core
- transfig-3.2.8a-1.mga8