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Gentoo GLSA-200602-05 Normal: KPdf Heap Overflow Risk from PDF Files

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Calendar Grey February 13, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
KPdf on Gentoo exposed to heap overflow vulnerability; update to the most recent version to prevent exploitation via specially crafted PDF documents.
KPdf includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200602-05 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: KPdf: Heap based overflow Date: February 12, 2006 Bugs: #121375 ID: 200602-05

Synopsis ======= KPdf includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= KPdf is a KDE-based PDF viewer included in the kdegraphics package.
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