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Red Hat: RHSA-2006:0177-01 Important Gpdf Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey January 17, 2006
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Ubuntu has issued a significant security patch for its PDF viewer, tackling severe vulnerabilities in PDF management within Ubuntu Server.
An updated gpdf package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by th...

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

176865 - [RHEL4] CVE-2005-3624 Additional xpdf issues (CVE-2005-3625 CVE-2005-3626 CVE-2005-3627)


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: d4e3f5d7f7d0f2c44a090318bcec3879 gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.src.rpm

i386: 1a64ae076a42994da47ec6a8eb88b2fe gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.i386.rpm

ia64: 511bf1f06967c657101aaf1dc23e275c gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.ia64.rpm

ppc: ab9ee41d5702747b9fa73aa0bafbd99a gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.ppc.rpm

s390: deaab6eb19520a0bfad487a985b04dbf gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.s390.rpm

s390x: 7ef372149da122cad87cea1a87f165fe gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.s390x.rpm

x86_64: 4faf65a28e2f782807bf17e933b946af gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: d4e3f5d7f7d0f2c44a090318bcec3879 gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.src.rpm

i386: 1a64ae076a42994da47ec6a8eb88b2fe gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.i386.rpm

x86_64: 4faf65a28e2f782807bf17e933b946af gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: d4e3f5d7f7d0f2c44a090318bcec3879 gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.src.rpm

i386: 1a64ae076a42994da47ec6a8eb88b2fe gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.i386.rpm

ia64: 511bf1f06967c657101aaf1dc23e275c gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 4faf65a28e2f782807bf17e933b946af gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: d4e3f5d7f7d0f2c44a090318bcec3879 gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.src.rpm

i386: 1a64ae076a42994da47ec6a8eb88b2fe gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.i386.rpm

ia64: 511bf1f06967c657101aaf1dc23e275c gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 4faf65a28e2f782807bf17e933b946af gpdf-2.8.2-7.4.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux important gpdf code execution risk PDF processing flaw

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3624 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3625 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3626 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3627

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2006:0177-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0177.html
Issue date: 2006-01-11
Updated on: 2006-01-11
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux important gpdf code execution risk PDF processing flaw

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

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