Gentoo GLSA 200412-24: Normal Severity Xpdf Code Execution Threat
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December 28, 2004
New integer overflows were discovered in Xpdf, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-24
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Xpdf, GPdf: New integer overflows
Date: December 28, 2004
Bugs: #75191, #75201
ID: 200412-24
Synopsis
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New integer overflows were discovered in Xpdf, potentially resulting in
the execution of arbitrary code. GPdf includes Xpdf code and therefore
is vulnerable to the same issues.
Background
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Xpdf is an open source viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
GPdf is a Gnome-based PDF viewer that includes some Xpdf code.
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