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[GLSA-200502-10] 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-2005-0064

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200502-10

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-10
(pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf)


Xpdf is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, as described in GLSA
200501-28.

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-200501-28.xml
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0064


Solution:
All pdftohtml users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/pdftohtml-0.36-r3"


Risk factor : Medium