Updated gpdf packages are available for Mandrakelinux
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Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: gpdf
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2005:016
Date: January 25th, 2005

Affected versions: 10.0, 10.1, Corporate Server 3.0
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Problem Description:

A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the xpdf PDF code, which could allow for arbitrary code execution as the user viewing a PDF file. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient bounds checking while processing a PDF file that provides malicious values in the /Encrypt /Length tag. Gpdf uses xpdf code and is susceptible to the same vulnerability.

The updated packages have been patched to prevent these problems.



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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0064
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Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.0:
fa03ef1a1d5a1784298d890e8cf09bd2 10.0/RPMS/gpdf-0.112-2.5.100mdk.i586.rpm
dc1ff1ca81d1148e7524b3a53fe68197 10.0/SRPMS/gpdf-0.112-2.5.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
76dcd6cc6c50b284371ae17eef7112e1 amd64/10.0/RPMS/gpdf-0.112-2.5.100mdk.amd64.rpm
dc1ff1ca81d1148e7524b3a53fe68197 amd64/10.0/SRPMS/gpdf-0.112-2.5.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1:
56154e1310488f9ba89004a979ee3393 10.1/RPMS/gpdf-0.132-3.4.101mdk.i586.rpm
391b99e6a4f37385493acde18209f85c 10.1/SRPMS/gpdf-0.132-3.4.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
e1ddd99a172f76393693e25f1a302a17 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/gpdf-0.132-3.4.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
391b99e6a4f37385493acde18209f85c x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/gpdf-0.132-3.4.101mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 3.0:
14b33a6547cf218481ba22a1ebd21b16 corporate/3.0/RPMS/gpdf-0.112-2.5.C30mdk.i586.rpm
9fc41a46a4398ece01b369547aac6125 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/gpdf-0.112-2.5.C30mdk.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

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com