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Debian Security Advisory DSA 619-1 (xpdf)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing an update to xpdf announced via advisory DSA 619-1.

Insight

Insight

An iDEFENSE security researcher discovered a buffer overflow in xpdf, the portable document format (PDF) suite. A maliciously crafted PDF file could exploit this problem, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.00-3.3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.00-11. We recommend that you upgrade your xdpf package immediately.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20619-1

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