Mageia 2021-0379: transfig security update
Summary
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
Resolution
MGASA-2021-0379 - Updated transfig package fixes a security vulnerability
SRPMS
- 8/core/transfig-3.2.8a-1.mga8