metadata/glsa/glsa-200502-10.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200502-10">
  <title>pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf</title>
  <synopsis>
    pdftohtml includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it
    vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code upon converting a malicious PDF
    file.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">pdftohtml</product>
  <announced>February 09, 2005</announced>
  <revised>February 09, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>78629</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-text/pdftohtml" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.36-r3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.36-r3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    pdftohtml is a utility to convert PDF files to HTML or XML
    formats. It makes use of Xpdf code to decode PDF files.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Xpdf is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, as described in GLSA
    200501-28.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    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.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All pdftohtml users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-text/pdftohtml-0.36-r3&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-28.xml">GLSA 200501-28</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0064">CAN-2005-0064</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat,  5 Feb 2005 20:35:14 +0000">
    vorlon078
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed,  9 Feb 2005 15:54:21 +0000">
    vorlon078
  </metadata>
</glsa>