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Mandriva: Updated pdftohtml packages fix vulnerabilities Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake Alin Rad Pop found several flaws in how PDF files are handled in pdftohtml. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause pdftohtml to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDKSA-2007:223
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : pdftohtml
 Date    : November 17, 2007
 Affected: 2007.0, 2007.1
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 Alin Rad Pop found several flaws in how PDF files are handled
 in pdftohtml.  An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that
 would cause pdftohtml to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code
 when opened.
 
 The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4352
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5392
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5393
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
 49fc5029a7e8269f057dfab6090ea37f  2007.0/i586/pdftohtml-0.36-5.3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 d3cc008572bf9a179f6c4d1695f7433f  2007.0/SRPMS/pdftohtml-0.36-5.3mdv2007.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
 11b13089a2f357f6082ffd49cf896768  2007.0/x86_64/pdftohtml-0.36-5.3mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
 d3cc008572bf9a179f6c4d1695f7433f  2007.0/SRPMS/pdftohtml-0.36-5.3mdv2007.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
 ceffaf54873223fe405acfc1d62eb12e  2007.1/i586/pdftohtml-0.39-1.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm 
 f99c3523b19e76caf7fe0d25fac005f9  2007.1/SRPMS/pdftohtml-0.39-1.2mdv2007.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64:
 3d168d492c922339bd46e77d38d3ecee  2007.1/x86_64/pdftohtml-0.39-1.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm 
 f99c3523b19e76caf7fe0d25fac005f9  2007.1/SRPMS/pdftohtml-0.39-1.2mdv2007.1.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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