1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6713-1

USN-6713-1: QPDF vulnerability

Publication date

25 March 2024

Overview

QPDF could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • qpdf - tools for transforming and inspecting PDF files

Details

It was discovered that QPDF incorrectly handled certain memory operations
when decoding JSON files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted JSON file, QPDF could be made to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that QPDF incorrectly handled certain memory operations
when decoding JSON files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted JSON file, QPDF could be made to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.10 mantic libqpdf29 –  11.5.0-1ubuntu1.1
qpdf –  11.5.0-1ubuntu1.1

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