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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200410-30
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Severity: Normal
Title: GPdf, KPDF, KOffice: Vulnerabilities in included xpdf
Date: October 28, 2004
Bugs: #68558, #68665, #68571
ID: 200410-30
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Synopsis
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GPdf, KPDF and KOffice all include vulnerable xpdf code to handle PDF
files, making them vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code upon
viewing a malicious PDF file.
Background
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GPdf is a Gnome-based PDF viewer. KPDF, part of the kdegraphics
package, is a KDE-based PDF viewer. KOffice is an integrated office
suite for KDE.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-office/koffice < 1.3.3-r1 >= 1.3.3-r1
2 app-text/gpdf < 2.8.0-r1 >= 2.8.0-r1
*>= 0.132-r1
3 kde-base/kdegraphics < 3.3.1-r1 >= 3.3.1-r1
*>= 3.3.0-r1
*>= 3.2.3-r1
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3 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
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GPdf, KPDF and KOffice all include xpdf code to handle PDF files. xpdf
is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows, as described in GLSA
200410-20.
Impact
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An attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted PDF file,
potentially resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the rights of
the user running the affected utility.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All GPdf users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/gpdf-0.132-r1"
All KDE users should upgrade to the latest version of kdegraphics:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdegraphics-3.3.0-r1"
All KOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/koffice-1.3.3-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] GLSA 200410-20
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-20.xml
[ 2 ] CAN-2004-0888
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0888
[ 3 ] CAN-2004-0889
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0889
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-30.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0
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