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

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2004-1125

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200501-13

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200501-13
(pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf)


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.

References:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-20.xml
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1125


Solution:
All pdftohtml users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/pdftohtml-0.36-r2"


Risk factor : Medium