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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-25786: Security patch for qpdf (ALAS-2024-2409)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-25786: Security patch for qpdf (ALAS-2024-2409)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/11/2023
Created
01/11/2024
Added
01/10/2024
Modified
01/10/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in QPDF version 10.0.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted .pdf file to Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write parameter in libqpdf.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qpdf
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qpdf-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qpdf-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qpdf-doc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qpdf-libs

References

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