[ GLSA 200501-13 ] pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf

[GLSA]

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: