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Debian: CVE-2019-15531: libextractor -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-15531: libextractor -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/23/2019
Created
09/04/2019
Added
09/03/2019
Modified
02/10/2020

Description

GNU Libextractor through 1.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method in plugins/dvi_extractor.c.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-libextractor

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