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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200501-13 (pdftohtml)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Gentoo 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
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200501-13.
Insight
Insight
pdftohtml includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code upon converting a malicious PDF file.
Solution
Solution
All pdftohtml users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/pdftohtml-0.36-r2' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200501-13 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75200 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-20.xml