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Debian Security Advisory DSA 982-1 (gpdf)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.6

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to gpdf announced via advisory DSA 982-1. Derek Noonburg has fixed several potential vulnerabilities in xpdf, which are also present in gpdf, the Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer with Gtk bindings. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain gpdf packages.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.8.2-1.2sarge4. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your gpdf package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20982-1

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)