A htmldoc security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 8 Extended LTS to address a buffer overflow.

ELA-451-1 htmldoc security update

Package htmldoc
Version 1.8.27-8+deb8u2
Related CVEs CVE-2021-20308 CVE-2021-23158 CVE-2021-23165 CVE-2021-23180 CVE-2021-23191 CVE-2021-23206 CVE-2021-26252 CVE-2021-26259 CVE-2021-26948

A buffer overflow was discovered in HTMLDOC, a HTML processor that generates indexed HTML, PS, and PDF, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code. In addition a number of crashes were addressed.

For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.27-8+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your htmldoc packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found at: https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/

  ELA-451-1 htmldoc security update