A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - Xpdf, Poppler, GPdf, libextractor, pdftohtml: Heap overflows. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200601-17
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Xpdf, Poppler, GPdf, libextractor, pdftohtml: Heap
overflows
Date: January 30, 2006
Bugs: #117481, #117494, #117495, #115789, #118665
ID: 200601-17
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Synopsis
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Xpdf, Poppler, GPdf, libextractor and pdftohtml are vulnerable to
integer overflows that may be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
Background
==========
Xpdf is a PDF file viewer that runs under the X Window System. Poppler
is a PDF rendering library based on the Xpdf 3.0 code base. GPdf is a
PDF file viewer for the GNOME 2 platform, also based on Xpdf.
libextractor is a library which includes Xpdf code to extract arbitrary
meta-data from files. pdftohtml is a utility to convert PDF files to
HTML or XML formats that makes use of Xpdf code to decode PDF files.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/xpdf < 3.01-r5 >= 3.01-r5
2 app-text/poppler < 0.4.3-r4 >= 0.4.3-r4
3 app-text/gpdf < 2.10.0-r3 >= 2.10.0-r3
4 media-libs/libextractor < 0.5.9 >= 0.5.9
5 app-text/pdftohtml < 0.36-r4 Vulnerable!
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
to another package if one is available or wait for the
existing packages to be marked stable by their
architecture maintainers.
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5 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
===========
Chris Evans has reported some integer overflows in Xpdf when attempting
to calculate buffer sizes for memory allocation, leading to a heap
overflow and a potential infinite loop when handling malformed input
files.
Impact
======
By sending a specially crafted PDF file to a victim, an attacker could
cause an overflow, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running the application.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Xpdf users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/xpdf-3.01-r5"
All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.4.3-r4"
All GPdf users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/gpdf-2.10.0-r3"
All libextractor users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libextractor-0.5.9"
All pdftohtml users should migrate to the latest stable version of
Poppler.
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2005-3627
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3627
[ 2 ] CVE-2005-3626
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3626
[ 3 ] CVE-2005-3625
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3625
[ 4 ] CVE-2005-3624
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3624
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200601-17.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
