GLSA 200502-10: pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf

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Severity:	normal
Title:	pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf
Date:	02/09/2005
Bugs:	#78629
ID:	200502-10

Synopsis

pdftohtml includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code upon converting a malicious PDF file.

Background

pdftohtml is a utility to convert PDF files to HTML or XML formats. It makes use of Xpdf code to decode PDF files.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-text/pdftohtml	< 0.36-r3	>= 0.36-r3	All supported architectures

Description

Xpdf is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, as described in GLSA 200501-28.

Impact

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.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All pdftohtml users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/pdftohtml-0.36-r3"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-10.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.