Bug 1186808 – VUL-0: CVE-2021-23158: htmldoc: double-free in function pspdf_export()

Bug 1186808 - (CVE-2021-23158) VUL-0: CVE-2021-23158: htmldoc: double-free in function pspdf_export()

(CVE-2021-23158)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2021-23158: htmldoc: double-free in function pspdf_export()

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1186805

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Critical
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Assigned To:	Ruediger Oertel
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/301130/
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Reported:	2021-06-03 13:47 UTC by Gianluca Gabrielli
Modified:	2021-06-03 13:47 UTC (History)
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Description Gianluca Gabrielli 2021-06-03 13:47:19 UTC

A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12. Double-free in function pspdf_export(),in ps-pdf.cxx may result in a write-what-where condition, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.

Reference:
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/414

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/369b2ea1fd0d0537ba707f20a2f047b6afd2fbdc

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967018
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-23158

Comment 1 Gianluca Gabrielli 2021-06-03 13:47:49 UTC

Same patch.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1186805 ***