Artifex MuPDF before 1.18.0 has a heap based buffer over-write when parsing JBIG2 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 when parsing JBIG2 files allowing attackers     to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-26519)

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

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202105-30 (MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF       document using MuPDF, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition       or have other unspecified impact.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was discovered in MuPDF, a lightweight PDF viewer, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed documents are opened.

mupdf 1.18.0 and depending packages

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
253607	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-26519	Nessus	Misc.	medium
157038	GLSA-202105-30 : MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
143187	Debian DSA-4794-1 : mupdf - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
141909	Fedora 32 : mupdf / python-PyMuPDF / zathura-pdf-mupdf (2020-3cea1ac8f3)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
141903	Fedora 33 : mupdf / python-PyMuPDF / zathura-pdf-mupdf (2020-972ad7c8a8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

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