Slackware 9.0 KDE: Buffer Overflow in PS/PDF Handling Security Advisory

Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: Thu Apr 17 15:32:15 PDT 2003 patches/packages/kde/*: Upgraded to KDE 3.1.1a. Also included in this directory are a rebuild of Qt (linked with Xft2 rather than Xft1), an updated aRts package (the aRts sound server is a component of KDE, but ships as part of Slackware's L series), and kdevelop-3.0a4a. Note that this update addresses a security problem with KDE's handling of PostScript documents. This is the overview of the problem from the KDE site: KDE uses Ghostscript software for processing of PostScript (PS) and PDF files in a way that allows for the execution of arbitrary commands that can be contained in such files. An attacker can prepare a malicious PostScript or PDF file which will provide the attacker with access to the victim's account and privileges when the victim opens this malicious file for viewing or when the victim browses a directory containing such malicious file