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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200501-17.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200501-17">
<title>KPdf, KOffice: More vulnerabilities in included Xpdf</title>
<synopsis>
KPdf and KOffice both include vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files,
making them vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is
enticed to view a malicious PDF file.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">kpdf, koffice</product>
<announced>January 11, 2005</announced>
<revised>January 12, 2005: 02</revised>
<bug>75203</bug>
<bug>75204</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="app-office/koffice" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.3.5-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.3.5-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
<package name="kde-base/kdegraphics" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">3.3.2-r1</unaffected>
<unaffected range="rge">3.2.3-r3</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">3.3.2-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
KPdf is a KDE-based PDF viewer included in the kdegraphics package.
KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
KPdf and KOffice both include Xpdf code to handle PDF files. Xpdf is
vulnerable to multiple new integer overflows, as described in GLSA
200412-24.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
An attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted PDF file,
potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
rights of the user running the affected utility.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All KPdf users should upgrade to the latest version of kdegraphics:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdegraphics</code>
<p>
All KOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose app-office/koffice</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-24.xml">GLSA 200412-24</uri>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1125">CAN-2004-1125</uri>
<uri link="http://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041223-1.txt">KDE Security Advisory: kpdf Buffer Overflow Vulnerability</uri>
<uri link="http://koffice.kde.org/security/2004_xpdf_integer_overflow_2.php">KOffice XPDF Integer Overflow 2</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 5 Jan 2005 17:17:02 +0000">
jaervosz
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:37:24 +0000">
jaervosz
</metadata>
</glsa>