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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: RHSA-2009:1503-01 Critical gpdf Overflow

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Calendar Grey October 15, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important notice regarding gpdf in Red Hat to rectify numerous integer overflows that pose serious security risks.
An updated gpdf package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the ...

Solution

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

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

Summary

GPdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in GPdf. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause GPdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0791, CVE-2009-1188, CVE-2009-3604, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)
Red Hat would like to thank Adam Zabrocki for reporting the CVE-2009-3604 issue, and Chris Rohlf for reporting the CVE-2009-3608 issue.
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct these issues.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0791 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1188 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3604 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3608 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3609 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.i386.rpm gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.i386.rpm
ia64: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.ia64.rpm gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.ia64.rpm
ppc: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.ppc.rpm gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.ppc.rpm
s390: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.s390.rpm gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.s390.rpm
s390x: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.s390x.rpm gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.s390x.rpm
x86_64: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.x86_64.rpm gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.i386.rpm gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.i386.rpm
x86_64: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.x86_64.rpm gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.i386.rpm gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.i386.rpm
ia64: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.ia64.rpm gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.ia64.rpm
x86_64: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.x86_64.rpm gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.i386.rpm gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.i386.rpm
ia64: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5.ia64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1503-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1503.html
Issue date: 2009-10-15

Topic

An updated gpdf package that fixes multiple security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat critical important integer overflow gpdf

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

491840 - CVE-2009-0791 xpdf: multiple integer overflows

495907 - CVE-2009-1188 xpdf/poppler: SplashBitmap integer overflow

526637 - CVE-2009-3608 xpdf/poppler: integer overflow in ObjectStream::ObjectStream (oCERT-2009-016)

526893 - CVE-2009-3609 xpdf/poppler: ImageStream::ImageStream integer overflow

526911 - CVE-2009-3604 xpdf/poppler: Splash::drawImage integer overflow and missing allocation return value check

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