| Revision Date: | 2005-02-15 | Version: | 502 |
| Title: | RHSA-2005:034: xpdf security update (Important) |
| Description: | Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Gfx::doImage function of Xpdf. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted PDF file that could cause Xpdf to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1125 to this issue.
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Decrypt::makeFileKey2 function of Xpdf. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted PDF file that could cause Xpdf to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0064 to this issue.
During a source code audit, Chris Evans and others discovered a number of integer overflow bugs that affected all versions of Xpdf. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted PDF file that could cause Xpdf to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. This issue was assigned the name CAN-2004-0888 by The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org). Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 contained a fix for this issue, but it was found to be incomplete and left 64-bit architectures vulnerable. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0206 to this issue.
All users of Xpdf should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to resolve these issues.
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| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2004-1125
CVE-2005-0064
CVE-2005-0206
RHSA-2005:034-01
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| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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| Definition Synopsis |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed AND xpdf is earlier than 1:3.00-11.5
AND xpdf is signed with Red Hat master key
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