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2.5 KiB
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76 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200602-05">
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<title>KPdf: Heap based overflow</title>
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<synopsis>
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KPdf includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it
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vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">kdegraphics, kpdf</product>
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<announced>February 12, 2006</announced>
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<revised>February 12, 2006: 01</revised>
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<bug>121375</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="kde-base/kdegraphics" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">3.4.3-r4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.4.3-r4</vulnerable>
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</package>
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<package name="kde-base/kpdf" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">3.4.3-r4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.4.3-r4</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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KPdf is a KDE-based PDF viewer included in the kdegraphics
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package.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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KPdf includes Xpdf code to handle PDF files. Dirk Mueller
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discovered that the Xpdf code is vulnerable a heap based overflow in
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the splash rasterizer engine.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
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file with Kpdf, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary
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code with the rights of the user running the affected application.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All kdegraphics users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdegraphics-3.4.3-r4"</code>
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<p>
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All Kpdf users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kpdf-3.4.3-r4"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0301">CVE-2006-0301</uri>
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<uri link="http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060202-1.txt">KDE Security Advisory: kpdf/xpdf heap based buffer overflow</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:37:49 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 11 Feb 2006 21:32:42 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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