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HistoryNov 07, 2007 - 7:58 p.m.

xpdf security update

2007-11-0719:58:17
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9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.332 Low

EPSS

Percentile

97.0%

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:1029

Xpdf is an X Window System-based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF)
files.

Alin Rad Pop discovered several flaws in the handling of PDF files. An
attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause Xpdf to crash,
or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened.
(CVE-2007-4352, CVE-2007-5392, CVE-2007-5393)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to resolve these issues.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-November/076535.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-November/076541.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-November/076559.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-November/076560.html

Affected packages:
xpdf

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:1029

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.332 Low

EPSS

Percentile

97.0%