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Red Hat: 2002:207-14 High: PDF And PostScript Local Exploit

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Calendar Grey October 10, 2002
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Updated packages for gv and ggv address a local buffer overflow related to PDF and PostScript file processing issues.
Updated packages for gv and ggv fix a local buffer overflow when reading malformed PDF or PostScript(R) files.

Solution

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

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. 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. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 6.2:

SRPMS:


alpha:


i386:


sparc:



Red Hat Linux 7.0:

SRPMS:


alpha:


i386:


Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:


alpha:


i386:


ia64:


Red Hat Linux 7.2:

SRPMS:



i386:



ia64:



Red Hat Linux 7.3:

SRPMS:



i386:



Red Hat Linux 8.0:

SRPMS:



i386:





6. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name c958e36afd8757c7ed75233aa8ddaa34 6.2/en/os/SRPMS/gv-3.5.8-18.6x.src.rpm 45fc399741b3c0eb0e0ce3dc1c52a84a 6.2/en/os/alpha/gv-3.5.8-18.6x.alpha.rpm 857ecca4476a96e39ad561c26cef2726 6.2/en/os/i386/gv-3.5.8-18.6x.i386.rpm ec28989b48f208d2489b50f5c9299194 6.2/en/os/sparc/gv-3.5.8-18.6x.sparc.rpm ee713ee9ebe151cc25bc6c42e40693f0 7.0/en/os/SRPMS/gv-3.5.8-18.7x.src.rpm 5f4a625573b5be0fe797d3cbe4acd1fa 7.0/en/os/alpha/gv-3.5.8-18.7x.alpha.rpm 7eed28fedf699c497e2be384589155ee 7.0/en/os/i386/gv-3.5.8-18.7x.i386.rpm ee713ee9ebe151cc25bc6c42e40693f0 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/gv-3.5.8-18.7x.src.rpm 5f4a625573b5be0fe797d3cbe4acd1fa 7.1/en/os/alpha/gv-3.5.8-18.7x.alpha.rpm 7eed28fedf699c497e2be384589155ee 7.1/en/os/i386/gv-3.5.8-18.7x.i386.rpm bd84b91ebe4706abd6e9a5253f8500f4 7.1/en/os/ia64/gv-3.5.8-18.7x.ia64.rpm c0915e40e1d512174f9c2f024399e866 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/ggv-1.0.2-5.1.src.rpm ee713ee9ebe151cc25bc6c42e40693f0 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/gv-3.5.8-18.7x.src.rpm afd4eab8f18ca4f03ead7c4025f99ab1 7.2/en/os/i386/ggv-1.0.2-5.1.i386.rpm 7eed28fedf699c497e2be384589155ee 7.2/en/os/i386/gv-3.5.8-18.7x.i386.rpm 705d7d3df199b860528743cd76c74e32 7.2/en/os/ia64/ggv-1.0.2-5.1.ia64.rpm bd84b91ebe4706abd6e9a5253f8500f4 7.2/en/os/ia64/gv-3.5.8-18.7x.ia64.rpm c0915e40e1d512174f9c2f024399e866 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/ggv-1.0.2-5.1.src.rpm ee713ee9ebe151cc25bc6c42e40693f0 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/gv-3.5.8-18.7x.src.rpm afd4eab8f18ca4f03ead7c4025f99ab1 7.3/en/os/i386/ggv-1.0.2-5.1.i386.rpm 7eed28fedf699c497e2be384589155ee 7.3/en/os/i386/gv-3.5.8-18.7x.i386.rpm 5728a94f70acaf4323063d488feb4cdf 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/ggv-1.99.9-5.src.rpm bcb02b0e752a3e7a816cfb5d845d2bd2 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/gv-3.5.8-19.src.rpm 820d56f49dc4723d6643daf64a1f8ee5 8.0/en/os/i386/ggv-1.99.9-5.i386.rpm 81e530d5f8eab79247fb72537b3d8a97 8.0/en/os/i386/gv-3.5.8-19.i386.rpm


These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at: About

You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg


Summary

References

CVE -CVE-2002-0838 Copyright(c) 2000, 2001, 2002 Red Hat, Inc.

Package List


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2002:207-14
Issue date: 2002-09-23
Updated on: 2002-10-09
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: pdf adobe postscript exploit
Cross references:
Obsoletes:

Topic

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Linux 6.2 - alpha, i386, sparc

Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386

Red Hat Linux 7.1 - alpha, i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386

Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386

Bugs Fixed

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