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The Mandriva Security Team has published a new security update: MDKSA-2005:136 - Updated gpdf packages fix vulnerability for Mandriva Linux.



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Mandriva Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: gpdf
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2005:136
Date: August 11th, 2005

Affected versions: 10.2
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability in the gpdf PDF viewer was discovered. An attacker
could construct a malicious PDF file that would cause gpdf to consume
all available disk space in /tmp when opened.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2097
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Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.2:
1cffcdef7f8da773c40be8d1cfe80ac5 10.2/RPMS/gpdf-2.8.3-3.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
19a31d5279c577ec707c23f631a55bf0 10.2/SRPMS/gpdf-2.8.3-3.1.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.2/X86_64:
a1f9cce3bed064907a3ef957991b0137 x86_64/10.2/RPMS/gpdf-2.8.3-3.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
19a31d5279c577ec707c23f631a55bf0 x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/gpdf-2.8.3-3.1.102mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
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GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

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

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

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

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team


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