Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201910-10
=========================================
Severity: Medium
Date    : 2019-10-16
CVE-ID  : CVE-2019-16927
Package : xpdf
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : No
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1048

Summary
======
The package xpdf before version 4.02-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary code
execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 4.02-1.

# pacman -Syu "xpdf>=4.02-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 4.02.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
Xpdf 4.01.01 has an out-of-bounds write in the vertProfile part of the
TextPage::findGaps function in TextOutputDev.cc, a different
vulnerability than CVE-2019-9877.

Impact
=====
A local attacker is able to execute arbitrary code via a specially
crafted PDF document.

References
=========
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/63980
;t=41885
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-16927

ArchLinux: 201910-10: xpdf: arbitrary code execution

October 23, 2019

Summary

Xpdf 4.01.01 has an out-of-bounds write in the vertProfile part of the TextPage::findGaps function in TextOutputDev.cc, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-9877.

Resolution

Upgrade to 4.02-1. # pacman -Syu "xpdf>=4.02-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 4.02.

References

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/63980 ;t=41885 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-16927

Severity
Package : xpdf
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1048

Workaround

None.

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