Artifex MuPDF before 1.18.0 has a heap based buffer over-write in tiff_expand_colormap() function when parsing TIFF files allowing attackers to cause a denial of service.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Artifex MuPDF before 1.18.0 has a heap based buffer over-write in tiff_expand_colormap() function when     parsing TIFF files allowing attackers to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-19609)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1341-1 advisory.

  - A Use After Free vulnerability exists in Artifex Software, Inc. MuPDF library 1.17.0-rc1 and earlier when     a valid page was followed by a page with invalid pixmap dimensions, causing bander - a static - to point     to previously freed memory instead of a newband_writer. (CVE-2020-16600)

  - Artifex MuPDF before 1.18.0 has a heap based buffer over-write in tiff_expand_colormap() function when     parsing TIFF files allowing attackers to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-19609)

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 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-2765 advisory.

    Multiple issues have been discovered in mupdf. CVE-2016-10246 Buffer overflow in the main function in     jstest_main.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted     file. CVE-2016-10247 Buffer overflow in the my_getline function in jstest_main.c allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted file. CVE-2017-6060 Stack-based buffer     overflow in jstest_main.c allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image.
    CVE-2018-10289 An infinite loop in the fz_skip_space function of the pdf/pdf-xref.c file. A remote     adversary could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file.
    CVE-2018-1000036 Multiple memory leaks in the PDF parser allow an attacker to cause a denial of service     (memory leak) via a crafted file. CVE-2020-19609 A heap based buffer over-write in tiff_expand_colormap()     function when parsing TIFF files allowing attackers to cause a denial of service. For Debian 9 stretch,     these problems have been fixed in version 1.14.0+ds1-4+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your mupdf     packages. For the detailed security status of mupdf please refer to its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mupdf Further information about Debian LTS security     advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at:
    https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
253622	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-19609	Nessus	Misc.	medium
154008	openSUSE 15 Security Update : mupdf (openSUSE-SU-2021:1341-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
153600	Debian DLA-2765-1 : mupdf - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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