Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20050708
Revision Date:2005-08-10Version:502
Title:RHSA-2005:708: gpdf security update (Moderate)
Description:The gpdf package is an GNOME based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Marcus Meissner reported a flaw in gpdf. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted PDF file that would cause gpdf to consume all available disk space in /tmp when opened. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CAN-2005-2097 to this issue.

Note that this issue does not affect the version of gpdf in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 2.1.

Users of gpdf should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to resolve this issue.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2005-2097
RHSA-2005:708-01
Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed
  • AND gpdf is earlier than 0:2.8.2-4.4
  • AND gpdf is signed with Red Hat master key
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