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Gentoo Linux 200410-30:02 Normal Severity: GPdf KPDF KOffice Threats

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Address PDF viewer vulnerabilities in KPDF, GPdf, and KOffice; perform necessary package upgrades as outlined in the Gentoo security advisory.
The original fix introduced new vulnerabilities on 64-bit platforms

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200410-30:02 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: GPdf, KPDF, KOffice: Vulnerabilities in included xpdf Date: October 28, 2004 Updated: November 06, 2004 Bugs: #68558, #68665, #68571, #69936, #69624 ID: 200410-30:02

Update ==== The original fix introduced new vulnerabilities on 64-bit platforms. New fixed packages are available. Updated sections follow.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-office/koffice < 1.3.4-r1 >= 1.3.4-r1 *>= 1.3.3-r2 2 app-text/gpdf < 2.8.0-r2 >= 2.8.0-r2 ...

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