Updated xpdf packages are available for Mandrakelinux
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Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: xpdf
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:113
Date: October 21st, 2004

Affected versions: 10.0, Corporate Server 2.1
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Problem Description:

Chris Evans discovered numerous vulnerabilities in the xpdf package:

Multiple integer overflow issues affecting xpdf-2.0 and xpdf-3.0. Also programs like cups which have embedded versions of xpdf. These can result in writing an arbitrary byte to an attacker controlled location which probably could lead to arbitrary code execution. (CAN-2004-0888)

Multiple integer overflow issues affecting xpdf-3.0 only. These can result in DoS or possibly arbitrary code execution. (CAN-2004-0889)

Chris also discovered issues with infinite loop logic error affecting xpdf-3.0 only.

The updated packages are patched to deal with these issues.



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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0888
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0889
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Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.0:
9b41364f41bb8ef2b655607bc60ab9a8 10.0/RPMS/xpdf-3.00-5.2.100mdk.i586.rpm
9c8a5aa2e170428d0afc3f8e5cbf092a 10.0/SRPMS/xpdf-3.00-5.2.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
ff780c91545babd148b1c4b4761e822d amd64/10.0/RPMS/xpdf-3.00-5.2.100mdk.amd64.rpm
9c8a5aa2e170428d0afc3f8e5cbf092a amd64/10.0/SRPMS/xpdf-3.00-5.2.100mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1:
12939cf7ca98085acc4f6ba5d741a8c6 corporate/2.1/RPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.i586.rpm
730ddc5b8c381c0ff92844dd5fe99a72 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.5.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
5f22b8c7e2a03f4ad1d452b23348c967 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.x86_64.rpm
730ddc5b8c381c0ff92844dd5fe99a72 x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.5.C21mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

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