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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2073-1 transfig -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

23 Jan 2020

Affected Packages:

transfig

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-16140, CVE-2019-14275, CVE-2019-19555.

More information:

Several issues have been found in transfig, a XFig figure files converter.

• CVE-2018-16140

  Buffer underwrite vulnerability in get_line() allows an attacker to write prior to the beginning of the buffer via a crafted .fig file.

• CVE-2019-14275

  Stack-based buffer overflow in the calc_arrow function in bound.c.

• CVE-2019-19555

  Stack-based buffer overflow because of an incorrect sscanf.

For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 1:3.2.5.e-4+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your transfig packages.

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