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RHEL 4 & 5 Important: RHSA-2010:0753-01 kdegraphics Security Update

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Calendar Grey October 7, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
CentOS's latest patch introduces essential resolutions for gnome-utils vulnerabilities, affecting versions 7 and 8.
Updated kdegraphics packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

The kdegraphics packages contain applications for the K Desktop Environment, including KPDF, a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
An uninitialized pointer use flaw was discovered in KPDF. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that, when opened, would cause KPDF to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-3702)
An array index error was found in the way KPDF parsed PostScript Type 1 fonts embedded in PDF documents. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that, when opened, would cause KPDF to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-3704)
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update arbitrary code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux important kdegraphics PDF viewer

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3702 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3704 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: kdegraphics-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.i386.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.i386.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
ia64: kdegraphics-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm
ppc: kdegraphics-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
s390: kdegraphics-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.s390.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.s390.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.s390.rpm
s390x: kdegraphics-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: kdegraphics-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: kdegraphics-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.i386.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.i386.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
x86_64: kdegraphics-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-18.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0753-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0753.html
Issue date: 2010-10-07

Topic

Updated kdegraphics packages that fix two security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) basescores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for eachvulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update arbitrary code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux important kdegraphics PDF viewer

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

595245 - CVE-2010-3702 xpdf: uninitialized Gfx::parser pointer dereference

638960 - CVE-2010-3704 xpdf: array indexing error in FoFiType1::parse()

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