news 28 Posted October 7, 2010 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: xpdf security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0751-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0751.html Issue date: 2010-10-07 CVE Names: CVE-2010-3702 CVE-2010-3704 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An updated xpdf package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Description: Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. An uninitialized pointer use flaw was discovered in Xpdf. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that, when opened, would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-3702) An array index error was found in the way Xpdf parsed PostScript Type 1 fonts embedded in PDF documents. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that, when opened, would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-3704) Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 595245 - CVE-2010-3702 xpdf: uninitialized Gfx::parser pointer dereference 638960 - CVE-2010-3704 xpdf: array indexing error in FoFiType1::parse() 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.src.rpm i386: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm ia64: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm ppc: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm s390: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.s390.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.s390.rpm s390x: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.src.rpm i386: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm x86_64: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.src.rpm i386: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm ia64: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.src.rpm i386: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm ia64: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3702.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3704.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2010 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFMre2YXlSAg2UNWIIRAtGCAKChqLmva4MkhwsnFhkZNgmLo915UQCcDYHN +nRX9dvMv1LdmPcL6IUFL2k= =DQDN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Share this post Link to post
