gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200602-12.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200602-12">
  <title>GPdf: heap overflows in included Xpdf code</title>
  <synopsis>
    GPdf includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it
    vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">gpdf</product>
  <announced>February 21, 2006</announced>
  <revised>February 21, 2006: 01</revised>
  <bug>121511</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-text/gpdf" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.10.0-r4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.10.0-r4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    GPdf is a Gnome PDF viewer.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Dirk Mueller found a heap overflow vulnerability in the XPdf
    codebase when handling splash images that exceed size of the associated
    bitmap.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
    file with GPdf, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary
    code with the rights of the user running the affected application.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All GPdf users should upgrade to the latest version.
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-text/gpdf-2.10.0-r4&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0301">CVE-2006-0301</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:47:35 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:40:10 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:04:04 +0000">
    dragonheart
  </metadata>
</glsa>