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Ubuntu: USN-2010-1234-1 High: gnome-utils Security Flaw

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Calendar Grey December 16, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat releases a critical security alert for kdegraphics related to a memory corruption vulnerability.
Updated kdegraphics packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red ...

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

The kdegraphics packages contain applications for the K Desktop Environment, including KPDF, a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
Petr Gajdos and Christian Kornacker of SUSE reported a buffer overflow flaw in KPDF's Type 1 font parser. A specially-crafted PDF file with an embedded Type 1 font could cause KPDF to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-4035)
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux important kdegraphics security impact

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4035 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: kdegraphics-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
ia64: kdegraphics-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm
ppc: kdegraphics-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
s390: kdegraphics-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.s390.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.s390.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.s390.rpm
s390x: kdegraphics-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: kdegraphics-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: kdegraphics-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
x86_64: kdegraphics-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.3.1-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1682-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1682.html
Issue date: 2009-12-16

Topic

Updated kdegraphics packages that fix a security issue are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux important kdegraphics security impact

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

541614 - CVE-2009-4035 xpdf: buffer overflow in FoFiType1::parse

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