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Gentoo: 200710-08 Normal: KPDF Stack-Based Overflow Threat

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KPDF includes code from xpdf that is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200710-08
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: KOffice, KWord, KPDF, KDE Graphics Libraries: Stack-based
            buffer overflow
      Date: October 09, 2007
      Bugs: #187139
        ID: 200710-08


Synopsis
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KPDF includes code from xpdf that is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer
overflow.

Background
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KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE. KWord is the KOffice
word processor. KPDF is a KDE-based PDF viewer included in the
kdegraphics package.

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