In DjVuLibre 3.5.27, DjVmDir.cpp in the DJVU reader component allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash in GStringRep::strdup in libdjvu/GString.cpp caused by a heap-based buffer over-read) by crafting a DJVU file.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-680670 advisory.

    In DjVuLibre 3.5.27, DjVmDir.cpp in the DJVU reader component allows attackers to cause a denial-of-     service (application crash in GStringRep::strdup in libdjvu/GString.cpp caused by a heap-based buffer     over-read) by crafting a DJVU file.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 / 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5032 advisory.

    Several vulnerabilities were discovered in djvulibre, a library and set of tools to handle documents in     the DjVu format. An attacker could crash document viewers and possibly execute arbitrary code through     crafted DjVu files. For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version     3.5.27.1-10+deb10u1. For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version     3.5.28-2. We recommend that you upgrade your djvulibre packages. For the detailed security status of     djvulibre please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-     tracker.debian.org/tracker/djvulibre

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in djvulibre, a library and set of tools to handle documents in the DjVu format. An attacker could crash document viewers and possibly execute arbitrary code through crafted DjVu files.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 3.5.27.1-7+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your djvulibre packages.

For the detailed security status of djvulibre please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/djvulibre

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202007-36 (DjVu: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in DjVu. Please review the       CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4198-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that DjVuLibre incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or automated     system were tricked into processing a specially crafted DjVu file, a remote attacker could cause     applications to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update backports fixes for CVE-2019-15142, CVE-2019-15143, CVE-2019-15144, CVE-2019-15145, CVE-2019-18804

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Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security fix for CVE-2019-15142, CVE-2019-15143, CVE-2019-15144 and CVE-2019-15145.

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This update for djvulibre fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2019-15142: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read     (bsc#1146702).

  - CVE-2019-15143: Fixed resource exhaustion caused by     corrupted image files (bsc#1146569).

  - CVE-2019-15144: Fixed denial-of-service caused by     crafted PBM image files (bsc#1146571).

  - CVE-2019-15145: Fixed out-of-bounds read caused by     corrupted JB2 image files (bsc#1146572).

  - Fixed segfault when libtiff encounters corrupted TIFF     (upstream issue #295).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

This update for djvulibre fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-15142: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read (bsc#1146702).

CVE-2019-15143: Fixed resource exhaustion caused by corrupted image files (bsc#1146569).

CVE-2019-15144: Fixed denial-of-service caused by crafted PBM image files (bsc#1146571).

CVE-2019-15145: Fixed out-of-bounds read caused by corrupted JB2 image files (bsc#1146572).

Fixed segfault when libtiff encounters corrupted TIFF (upstream issue #295).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Hongxu Chen found several issues in djvulibre, a library and set of tools to handle images in the DjVu format.

The issues are a heap-buffer-overflow, a stack-overflow, an infinite loop and an invalid read when working with crafted files as input.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 3.5.25.4-4+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your djvulibre packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
267124	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: djvulibre (UTSA-2025-680670)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
156331	Debian DSA-5032-1 : djvulibre - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
150005	Debian DLA-2667-1 : djvulibre security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
138959	GLSA-202007-36 : DjVu: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
131226	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : DjVuLibre vulnerabilities (USN-4198-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
131207	Fedora 30 : mingw-djvulibre (2019-f923712bab)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
131200	Fedora 31 : mingw-djvulibre (2019-6bc8be9d84)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
131099	Fedora 30 : djvulibre (2019-b217f90c2a)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
131097	Fedora 29 : djvulibre (2019-7ca378f076)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
131093	Fedora 31 : djvulibre (2019-67ff247aea)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
129481	openSUSE Security Update : djvulibre (openSUSE-2019-2219)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
129464	openSUSE Security Update : djvulibre (openSUSE-2019-2217)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
129348	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : djvulibre (SUSE-SU-2019:2452-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
129347	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : djvulibre (SUSE-SU-2019:2444-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
128394	Debian DLA-1902-1 : djvulibre security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium

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