KDE Security Advisory: kpdf Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Original Release Date: 2005-01-19
URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050119-1.txt
0. References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0064
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=186&type=vulnerabilities
1. Systems affected:
KDE 3.2 up to including KDE 3.2.3.
KDE 3.3 up to including KDE 3.3.2.
2. Overview:
kpdf, the KDE pdf viewer, shares code with xpdf. xpdf contains a buffer overflow that can be triggered by a specially crafted PDF file.
3. Impact:
Remotely supplied pdf files can be used to execute arbitrary code on the client machine.
4. Solution:
Source code patches have been made available which fix these vulnerabilities. Contact your OS vendor / binary package provider for information about how to obtain updated binary packages.
5. Patch:
Patch for KDE 3.2.3 is available from
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
fc6fc7fa6886d6ff19037e7547846990 post-3.2.3-kdegraphics-3.diff
Patch for KDE 3.3.2 is available from
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
fc6fc7fa6886d6ff19037e7547846990 post-3.3.2-kdegraphics-3.diff
6. Time line and credits:
19/01/2005 KDE Security Team alerted by Carsten Lohrke
19/01/2005 Patches from xpdf 3.00pl3 applied to KDE CVS and patches prepared.
19/01/2005 Public disclosure.
Original Release Date: 2005-01-19
URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050119-1.txt
0. References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0064
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=186&type=vulnerabilities
1. Systems affected:
KDE 3.2 up to including KDE 3.2.3.
KDE 3.3 up to including KDE 3.3.2.
2. Overview:
kpdf, the KDE pdf viewer, shares code with xpdf. xpdf contains a buffer overflow that can be triggered by a specially crafted PDF file.
3. Impact:
Remotely supplied pdf files can be used to execute arbitrary code on the client machine.
4. Solution:
Source code patches have been made available which fix these vulnerabilities. Contact your OS vendor / binary package provider for information about how to obtain updated binary packages.
5. Patch:
Patch for KDE 3.2.3 is available from
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
fc6fc7fa6886d6ff19037e7547846990 post-3.2.3-kdegraphics-3.diff
Patch for KDE 3.3.2 is available from
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
fc6fc7fa6886d6ff19037e7547846990 post-3.3.2-kdegraphics-3.diff
6. Time line and credits:
19/01/2005 KDE Security Team alerted by Carsten Lohrke
19/01/2005 Patches from xpdf 3.00pl3 applied to KDE CVS and patches prepared.
19/01/2005 Public disclosure.
