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

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<!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>