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-2005:017
Date: January 25th, 2005

Affected versions: 10.0, 10.1, Corporate Server 2.1,
Corporate Server 3.0
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Problem Description:

A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the xpdf PDF viewer, 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.

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:
8fe688c70f2d61ff8750e21f75eebeb3 10.0/RPMS/xpdf-3.00-5.4.100mdk.i586.rpm
1990c8a678ea40233f5dc12c3a503fa2 10.0/SRPMS/xpdf-3.00-5.4.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
661d716961ace2071ec87bedb51811da amd64/10.0/RPMS/xpdf-3.00-5.4.100mdk.amd64.rpm
1990c8a678ea40233f5dc12c3a503fa2 amd64/10.0/SRPMS/xpdf-3.00-5.4.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1:
5eb526adbcae9193ce09fa06724215c3 10.1/RPMS/xpdf-3.00-7.3.101mdk.i586.rpm
5eb526adbcae9193ce09fa06724215c3 10.1/SRPMS/xpdf-3.00-7.3.101mdk.i586.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
62c8956238470dde55e328c2d397e276 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/xpdf-3.00-7.3.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
5eb526adbcae9193ce09fa06724215c3 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/xpdf-3.00-7.3.101mdk.i586.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1:
e890707f2e00fd17a06ff2fb6545b5dd corporate/2.1/RPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.8.C21mdk.i586.rpm
b3a3a37961c14abe80eda3d170ab3550 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.8.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
2d48f20adea08eb27f25469cf66d4be8 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.8.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
b3a3a37961c14abe80eda3d170ab3550 x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.8.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 3.0:
681b0e2029b8d4e468e4e94d9f76d0f7 corporate/3.0/RPMS/xpdf-3.00-5.4.C30mdk.i586.rpm
ab09023403f50e92c11ea277e9819f8a corporate/3.0/SRPMS/xpdf-3.00-5.4.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