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Gentoo: GLSA-200501-17 Normal: KPdf KOffice Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey January 11, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
Gentoo GLSA 202302-10 highlights security flaws in LibreOffice stemming from outdated encryption libraries. Immediate update recommended.
KPdf and KOffice both include vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making them vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is enticed to view a malicious PDF file

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-17 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: KPdf, KOffice: More vulnerabilities in included Xpdf Date: January 11, 2005 Bugs: #75203, #75204 ID: 200501-17

Synopsis ======= KPdf and KOffice both include vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making them vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is enticed to view a malicious PDF file.
Background ========= KPdf is a KDE-based PDF viewer included in the kdegraphics package. KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE.
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