Scientific Linux: 2009-04-16 Important: Xpdf Security Fix for SL3 & SL4

Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:36:20 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: xpdf on SL3.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: xpdf security update
Issue date:	2009-04-16
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-0146 CVE-2009-0147 CVE-2009-0166
 CVE-2009-0799 CVE-2009-0800 CVE-2009-1179
 CVE-2009-1180 CVE-2009-1181 CVE-2009-1182
 CVE-2009-1183

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)

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
xpdf-2.02-14.el3.src.rpm
 i386:
xpdf-2.02-14.el3.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
xpdf-2.02-14.el3.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
xpdf-3.00-20.el4.src.rpm
 i386:
xpdf-3.00-20.el4.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
xpdf-3.00-20.el4.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson