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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:19 am Post subject: [ GLSA 200501-13 ] pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xp |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf (GLSA 200501-13)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: January 10, 2005
Bug(s): #75200
ID: 200501-13
Synopsis
pdftohtml includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it
vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code upon converting a malicious PDF
file.
Background
pdftohtml is a utility to convert PDF files to HTML or XML
formats. It makes use of Xpdf code to decode PDF files.
Affected Packages
Package: app-text/pdftohtml
Vulnerable: < 0.36-r2
Unaffected: >= 0.36-r2
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Xpdf is vulnerable to integer overflows, as described in GLSA
200412-24.
Impact
An attacker could entice a user to convert a specially-crafted PDF
file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
rights of the user running pdftohtml.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All pdftohtml users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/pdftohtml-0.36-r2" |
References
GLSA 200412-24
CAN-2004-1125
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