Scientific Linux 4.x: Important gpdf Security Update For Buffer Overflow

Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:26:36 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: gpdf on SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: gpdf security update
Issue date:	2009-12-16
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-4035

Petr Gajdos and Christian Kornacker of SUSE reported a buffer overflow
flaw in GPdf's Type 1 font parser. A specially-crafted PDF file with an
embedded Type 1 font could cause GPdf to crash or, possibly, execute
arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-4035)

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.6.src.rpm
 i386:
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.6.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.6.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson