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Red Hat: RHSA-2009:0430-01 Important: Xpdf Buffer Overflow DoS Issues

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Calendar Grey April 16, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important xpdf security patch for Red Hat rectifies several vulnerabilities. It is advised to upgrade to ensure the security and stability of the system.
An updated xpdf package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact b...

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

Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in Xpdf's JBIG2 decoder. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0147, CVE-2009-1179)
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Xpdf's JBIG2 decoder. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0146, CVE-2009-1182)
Multiple flaws were found in Xpdf's JBIG2 decoder that could lead to the freeing of arbitrary memory. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0166, CVE-2009-1180)
Multiple input validation flaws were found in Xpdf's JBIG2 decoder. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0800)
Multiple denial of service flaws were found in Xpdf's JBIG2 decoder. An attacker could create a malicious PDF that would cause Xpdf to crash when opened. (CVE-2009-0799, CVE-2009-1181, CVE-2009-1183)
Red Hat would like to thank Braden Thomas and Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security team, and Will Dormann of the CERT/CC for responsibly reporting these flaws.
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux important xpdf JBIG2 decoder

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0146 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0147 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0166 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0799 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0800 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1179 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1180 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1181 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1182 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1183 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.i386.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.i386.rpm
ia64: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.ia64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.ia64.rpm
ppc: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.ppc.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.ppc.rpm
s390: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.s390.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.s390.rpm
s390x: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.s390x.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.s390x.rpm
x86_64: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.x86_64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.i386.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.i386.rpm
x86_64: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.x86_64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
Source:
i386: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.i386.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.i386.rpm
ia64: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.ia64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.ia64.rpm
x86_64: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.x86_64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3:
Source:
i386: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.i386.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.i386.rpm
ia64: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.ia64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.ia64.rpm
x86_64: xpdf-2.02-14.el3.x86_64.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-2.02-14.el3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: xpdf-3.00-20.el4.i386.rpm xpdf-debuginfo-3.00-20.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0430-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0430.html
Issue date: 2009-04-16

Topic

An updated xpdf package that fixes multiple security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux important xpdf JBIG2 decoder

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

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 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

490612 - CVE-2009-0146 xpdf: Multiple buffer overflows in JBIG2 decoder (setBitmap, readSymbolDictSeg)

490614 - CVE-2009-0147 xpdf: Multiple integer overflows in JBIG2 decoder

490625 - CVE-2009-0166 xpdf: Freeing of potentially uninitialized memory in JBIG2 decoder

491864 - Multiple PDF flaws

495886 - CVE-2009-0799 PDF JBIG2 decoder OOB read

495887 - CVE-2009-0800 PDF JBIG2 multiple input validation flaws

495889 - CVE-2009-1179 PDF JBIG2 integer overflow

495892 - CVE-2009-1180 PDF JBIG2 invalid free()

495894 - CVE-2009-1181 PDF JBIG2 NULL dereference

495896 - CVE-2009-1182 PDF JBIG2 MMR decoder buffer overflows

495899 - CVE-2009-1183 PDF JBIG2 MMR infinite loop DoS

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