Scientific Linux: Important Gpdf Update Addressing Malicious PDF Threats

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:37:50 -0500
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:	2010-10-07
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-3702 CVE-2010-3704

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was discovered in GPdf. An attacker
could create a malicious PDF file that, when opened, would cause GPdf to
crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-3702)

An array index error was found in the way GPdf parsed PostScript Type 1
fonts embedded in PDF documents. An attacker could create a malicious
PDF file that, when opened, would cause GPdf to crash or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-3704)

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.src.rpm
 i386:
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson