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Red Hat: RHSA-2007:1051-01 Critical: kdegraphics PDF Crash Risk

Updated kdegraphics packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Alin Rad Pop discovered a flaw in the handling of PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause kpdf to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: kdegraphics security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:1051-01 Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:1051.html Issue date: 2007-11-12 Updated on: 2007-11-12 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux CVE Names: CVE-2007-5393 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------1. Summary: Updated kdegraphics packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64 3. Problem description: The kdegraphics packages contain applications for the K Desktop Environment. This includes kpdf, a PDF file viewer. Alin Rad Pop discovered a flaw in the handling of PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause kpdf to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2007-5393) All kdegraphics users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve this issue. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network.Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 345121 - CVE-2007-5393 xpdf buffer overflow in CCITTFaxStream::lookChar() 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): SRPMS: c2f340f5b26713accf531bd5c768ec0e kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1.src.rpm i386: 64c7469c3efac3747f52194d30d60f47 kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm 82f606b2b6e34f98d967817f8d439f41 kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm x86_64: 189a7bb3a163f0e7f30c5657f24815ad kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1.x86_64.rpm 31701cc38fe172166a213b5cee0072d1 kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.5.4-5.el5_1.x86_64.rpm RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client): SRPMS: c2f340f5b26713accf531bd5c768ec0e kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1.src.rpm i386: 82f606b2b6e34f98d967817f8d439f41 kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm 482c3ec5a51486e432c245011ce89409 kdegraphics-devel-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm x86_64: 82f606b2b6e34f98d967817f8d439f41 kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm 31701cc38fe172166a213b5cee0072d1 kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.5.4-5.el5_1.x86_64.rpm 482c3ec5a51486e432c245011ce89409 kdegraphics-devel-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm 89749820cf7c3172c6dfd0519112c60d kdegraphics-devel-3.5.4-5.el5_1.x86_64.rpm RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server): SRPMS: c2f340f5b26713accf531bd5c768ec0e kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1.src.rpm i386: 64c7469c3efac3747f52194d30d60f47 kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm 82f606b2b6e34f98d967817f8d439f41 kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm 482c3ec5a51486e432c245011ce89409 kdegraphics-devel-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm x86_64: 189a7bb3a163f0e7f30c5657f24815ad kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1.x86_64.rpm 82f606b2b6e34f98d967817f8d439f41 kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm 31701cc38fe172166a213b5cee0072d1 kdegraphics-debuginfo-3.5.4-5.el5_1.x86_64.rpm 482c3ec5a51486e432c245011ce89409 kdegraphics-devel-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm 89749820cf7c3172c6dfd0519112c60d kdegraphics-devel-3.5.4-5.el5_1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package 7. References: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5393 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc. . Security patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 to address PDF vulnerability in kdegraphics that impacts overall system integrity.. kdegraphics Security, Red Hat Update, PDF Flaw, Security Patch, Red Hat Advisory. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Nov 12, 2007 •Important Red Hat