CVE-2020-21683

NameCVE-2020-21683
DescriptionA global buffer overflow in the shade_or_tint_name_after_declare_color in genpstricks.c of fig2dev 3.2.7b allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via converting a xfig file into pstricks format.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
fig2dev (PTS)bullseye1:3.2.8-3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:3.2.8b-3fixed
sid, trixie1:3.2.9-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fig2devsource(unstable)1:3.2.8-1unimportant
transfigsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/77/
https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/fig2dev/ci/639c36010a120e97a6e82e7cd57cbf9dbf4b64f1/ (3.2.8)
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact

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