Mandrake alert: Updated xpdf packages fix arbitrary code execution vulnerability

Posted by dave on Jul 22, 2003 11:14 AM EDT
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Martyn Gilmore discovered flaws in various PDF viewers, including xpdf. An attacker could place malicious external hyperlinks in a document that, if followed, could execute arbitary shell commands with the privileges of the person viewing the PDF document. Update: New packages are available as the previous patches that had been applied did not correct all possible ways of exploiting this issue.

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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory ________________________________________________________________________

Package name: xpdf Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:071-1 Date: July 23rd, 2003 Original Advisory Date: June 27th, 2003 Affected versions: 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1 ________________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

Martyn Gilmore discovered flaws in various PDF viewers, including xpdf. An attacker could place malicious external hyperlinks in a document that, if followed, could execute arbitary shell commands with the privileges of the person viewing the PDF document. Update:

New packages are available as the previous patches that had been applied did not correct all possible ways of exploiting this issue. ________________________________________________________________________

References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0434 ________________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages: Corporate Server 2.1: 12939cf7ca98085acc4f6ba5d741a8c6 corporate/2.1/RPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.i586.rpm 1a9bdf930d450c8b7f506d987805aa42 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64: 5f22b8c7e2a03f4ad1d452b23348c967 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.x86_64.rpm 1a9bdf930d450c8b7f506d987805aa42 x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.0: 12939cf7ca98085acc4f6ba5d741a8c6 9.0/RPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.i586.rpm 1a9bdf930d450c8b7f506d987805aa42 9.0/SRPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1: 6f95f03b679a5e834ce8e19f440ebeed 9.1/RPMS/xpdf-2.01-2.2mdk.i586.rpm cfe1fa4745fd0ab9488bc7490ba8919e 9.1/SRPMS/xpdf-2.01-2.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC: e4648afe258244c0bb59ecc533478816 ppc/9.1/RPMS/xpdf-2.01-2.2mdk.ppc.rpm cfe1fa4745fd0ab9488bc7490ba8919e ppc/9.1/SRPMS/xpdf-2.01-2.2mdk.src.rpm ________________________________________________________________________

Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information): ________________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver http://www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be obtained by visiting:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com

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