[ GLSA 200506-06 ] libextractor: Multiple overflow vulnerabilities

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GLSA-200506-06 : libextractor: Multiple overflow vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200506-06 libextractor: Multiple overflow vulnerabilities Xpdf is vulnerable to multiple overflows, as described in GLSA 200501-28. Also, integer overflows were discovered in Real and PNG extractors. Impact : An attacker could...

libextractor: Multiple overflow vulnerabilities

Background libextractor is a library used to extract meta-data from files. It makes use of Xpdf code to extract information from PDF files. Description Xpdf is vulnerable to multiple overflows, as described in GLSA 200501-28. Also, integer overflows were discovered in Real and PNG extractors...