KDE Security Advisory: kpdf/xpdf heap based buffer overflow
Original Release Date: 2006-02-02
URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060202-1.txt

0. References
CVE-2006-0301

1. Systems affected:

KDE 3.4.0 up to including KDE 3.5.1



2. Overview:

kpdf, the KDE pdf viewer, shares code with xpdf. xpdf contains
a heap based buffer overflow in the splash rasterizer engine
that can crash kpdf or even execute arbitrary code.

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 3.4.3 is available from

ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :

bc7dc2a5235f95a41fc1d7ab885899da

post-3.5.1-kdegraphics-CVE-2006-0301.diff

Patch for KDE 3.4.3 is available from

ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :

ebbce0a49537b694932b3c0efcf18261

post-3.4.3-kdegraphics-CVE-2006-0301.diff