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Mandriva: Updated xpdf packages fix crafted pdf file vulnerability Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake The Adobe PDF specification 1.3, as implemented by xpdf 3.0.1 patch 2, kpdf in KDE before 3.5.5, and other products, allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact, possibly including denial of service (infinite loop), arbitrary code execution, or memory corruption, via a PDF file with a (1) crafted catalog dictionary or (2) a crafted Pages attribute that references an invalid page tree node. The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDKSA-2007:021
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : xpdf
 Date    : January 18, 2007
 Affected: 2007.0, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 The Adobe PDF specification 1.3, as implemented by xpdf 3.0.1 patch 2,
 kpdf in KDE before 3.5.5, and other products, allows remote attackers
 to have an unknown impact, possibly including denial of service
 (infinite loop), arbitrary code execution, or memory corruption, via a
 PDF file with a (1) crafted catalog dictionary or (2) a crafted Pages
 attribute that references an invalid page tree node.

 The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0104
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
 e34f95bfcc5bee00a123ee84d9e14aba  2007.0/i586/xpdf-3.01pl2-3.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 9fbbb1a928599ec327501ea350b8871a  2007.0/i586/xpdf-tools-3.01pl2-3.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 19112d086453c2fdb928011fe6f7aa0c  2007.0/SRPMS/xpdf-3.01pl2-3.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
 76e9749a053f7162c894741884c89835  2007.0/x86_64/xpdf-3.01pl2-3.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 f20e65b356ec330fd60e095add93d04a  2007.0/x86_64/xpdf-tools-3.01pl2-3.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
 19112d086453c2fdb928011fe6f7aa0c  2007.0/SRPMS/xpdf-3.01pl2-3.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0:
 39a410e5887ddda80b0a2c4541082d50  corporate/3.0/i586/xpdf-3.00-5.9.C30mdk.i586.rpm 
 d4e017b43f39e1dd0e3d8367c62633d2  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/xpdf-3.00-5.9.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
 e01a2822cf592a56d89a13b73b8fa133  corporate/3.0/x86_64/xpdf-3.00-5.9.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm 
 d4e017b43f39e1dd0e3d8367c62633d2  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/xpdf-3.00-5.9.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 4.0:
 9899a75731800c052d32a7e8cfceedf4  corporate/4.0/i586/xpdf-3.01-1.3.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 
 0c9969ce74ae66d95ff902181f83e0e5  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/xpdf-3.01-1.3.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

 Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
 5d2343239f0e46efa4df3c81a0c14191  corporate/4.0/x86_64/xpdf-3.01-1.3.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm 
 0c9969ce74ae66d95ff902181f83e0e5  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/xpdf-3.01-1.3.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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