64 lines
2 KiB
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64 lines
2 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200411-30">
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<title>pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf</title>
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<synopsis>
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pdftohtml includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it
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vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code upon converting a malicious PDF
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file.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">pdftohtml</product>
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<announced>November 23, 2004</announced>
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<revised>November 23, 2004: 01</revised>
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<bug>69019</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-text/pdftohtml" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.36-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">0.36</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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pdftohtml is a utility to convert PDF files to HTML or XML
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formats. It makes use of Xpdf code to decode PDF files.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Xpdf is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows, as described in
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GLSA 200410-20.
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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 convert a specially-crafted PDF
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file, potentially resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
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rights of the user running pdftohtml.
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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 pdftohtml 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 ">=app-text/pdftohtml-0.36-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-20.xml">GLSA 200410-20</uri>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0888">CAN-2004-0888</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:05:12 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:05:20 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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