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Gentoo: GLSA-200508-08 Normal: Xpdf, Kpdf, GPdf DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey August 16, 2005
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Users of Xpdf, Kpdf, and GPdf are strongly encouraged to update their software in response to a critical Denial of Service attack flaw discovered in these PDF readers.
Xpdf, Kpdf and GPdf may crash as a result of a Denial of Service vulnerability.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200508-08 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Xpdf, Kpdf, GPdf: Denial of Service vulnerability Date: August 16, 2005 Bugs: #99769, #100263, #100265 ID: 200508-08

Synopsis ======= Xpdf, Kpdf and GPdf may crash as a result of a Denial of Service vulnerability.
Background ========= Xpdf, Kpdf and GPdf are PDF file viewers that run under the X Window System. Kpdf and GPdf both contain Xpdf code. Kpdf is also part of kdegraphics.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/xpdf < 3.00-r10 >= 3.00-r10 2 kde-base/kdegraphics < 3.3.2-r3 >= 3.3.2-r3 3 kde-base...

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