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Debian: New tetex-bin packages fix arbitrary code execution
Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
It was discovered that an integer overflow in the xpdf PDF viewer may lead
to the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed PDF file is opened.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1350-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
August 6th, 2007 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : tetex-bin
Vulnerability : integer overflow
Problem type : local (remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2007-3387
It was discovered that an integer overflow in the xpdf PDF viewer may lead
to the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed PDF file is opened.
tetex-bin includes a copy of the xpdf code and required an update as
well.
For the oldstable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.2-30sarge5.
The package from the stable distribution (etch) links dynamically
against libpoppler and doesn't require a separate update.
The package from the unstable distribution (sid) links dynamically
against libpoppler and doesn't require a separate update.
We recommend that you upgrade your tetex-bin packages.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given at the end of this advisory:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1004 408dc2085cdba46890456dd0994466ed
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 162289 af8ba42d1ba901a866f8a9a3be169a8d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 11677169 8f02d5940bf02072ce5fe05429c90e63
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-30sarge5_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 90938 d8159c21d95fe23977f3f04293e05d2b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-30sarge5_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 65658 8499ce76230803e3e8ca57f74d3ddc1a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5191902 e59ace42020339489e5dce272346937d
AMD64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-30sarge5_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 72760 c74b0d671d1e598133ccbabba4b055d0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-30sarge5_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 61976 18539f87cc4ca768e94812dd82a4ba92
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4357092 c343a5100fa62f02fea94cb8298d1dfe
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-30sarge5_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 67792 56ead90cbac34f20bbd3a9c561d8e766
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-30sarge5_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58222 9615aad9835cf82cda04c2270b23bcc6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4300932 797d1b12e5c33b994b54ea3ed0e56605
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-30sarge5_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 78298 b02ebc84baf40bdf85bdd095259a6fc0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-30sarge5_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 66718 fc8516836487be2143681dde8a547afa
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4613010 8a86c1ff20b5e7d796f4729688b38846
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-30sarge5_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 66214 9cdb34e878a67780bb6495585ef14db7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-30sarge5_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 59248 591ed69f05d3a395c0e438bbe046db12
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3939528 d352ae38e2349e355e5da81651fcbb81
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-30sarge5_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 89818 194a8c9d3fdbdb2de3a1132cfc5fefd8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-30sarge5_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 73578 98b1887daec4d21c5f6541a4857f2765
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5909754 72b1fc89df3534e940f0c276ac30e834
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-30sarge5_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 63570 c28eb2d915d1993744a07c6110634370
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-30sarge5_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58802 e5c73af748d2c66f038b5f52929d938a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3601196 49dd7766842ec386c1a62685079c80ed
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-30sarge5_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 75566 e8c8a8f53f4aab6029f7e92b5994247d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-30sarge5_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 59274 2ec0a1573e3e1aa68a7f71177616b61b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4603054 b05d0400b14e006284b383364dcdb609
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-30sarge5_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 75536 342424bab48f7baa4a28dd033ade7a89
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-30sarge5_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 59504 aa940915c0a195a5fa6bc7dcdcddd796
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4559858 1c2999179723139ef15ce8fac0094ab3
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-30sarge5_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 74908 827173cc664bccc030eb1e8607f2e5de
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-30sarge5_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 63436 b53beaa55824df5c86230ee76a58f46a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4382190 19f6451563e03f4847cf7b548b822273
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-30sarge5_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 71830 7f4ab010974b161ebb3e43e4fa946571
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-30sarge5_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 63692 21ba0cfb5d848ee8db9a84c0d1d90cbc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4269382 8d527032ff17054e05f2030e76e0d20f
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-30sarge5_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 70016 db4e0ff13dc82882a8af0ab231439d80
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-30sarge5_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 61066 715b8af76681d9d491f538011b75fa26
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-30sarge5_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4157218 e2f76ec4340abd8f99aa44c941a87dea
These files will probably be moved into the oldstable distribution on
its next update.
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