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Gentoo GLSA-200412-02 Normal: PDFlib Multiple Overflows Risk

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Calendar Grey December 5, 2004
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Various buffer overflows in PDFlib may enable execution of arbitrary code. It is recommended to update your software to reduce vulnerabilities. Risk Level: Moderate.
PDFlib is vulnerable to multiple overflows, which can potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-02 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: PDFlib: Multiple overflows in the included TIFF library Date: December 05, 2004 Bugs: #69043 ID: 200412-02

Synopsis ======= PDFlib is vulnerable to multiple overflows, which can potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= PDFlib is a library providing functions to handle PDF files. It includes a modified TIFF library used to process TIFF images.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/pdflib < 5.0.4_p1 >= 5.0.4_p1
========== The TIFF library is subject to several known vulnerabilities (see GLSA 200410-11). Most of ...

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