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Debian Security Advisory DSA 998-1 (libextractor)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libextractor announced via advisory DSA 998-1. Derek Noonburg has fixed several potential vulnerabilities in xpdf, which are also present in libextractor, a library to extract arbitrary meta-data from files. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain libextractor packages.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.4.2-2sarge3. For the unstable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.5.10-1. We recommend that you upgrade your libextractor package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20998-1