pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf

Background

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

Description

Xpdf is vulnerable to integer overflows, as described in GLSA 200412-24.

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-r2"