Debian: DSA 1352-1 Critical: Pdfkit Integer Overflow Risk
debian
August 7, 2007
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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Summary
For the oldstable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8-2sarge4.
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 pdfkit.framework packages.
Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------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
Size/MD5 checksum: 725 bfe8bf57eeadaeeaa5ba33a458a8e185
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