[ GLSA 200501-17 ] KPdf, KOffice: More vulnerabilities in included Xpdf

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: KPdf, KOffice: More vulnerabilities in included Xpdf (GLSA 200501-17)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: January 11, 2005
Updated: January 12, 2005
Bug(s): #75203, #75204
ID: 200501-17

Synopsis


KPdf and KOffice both include vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files,
making them vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is
enticed to view a malicious PDF file.


Background


KPdf is a KDE-based PDF viewer included in the kdegraphics package.
KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE.


Affected Packages

Package: app-office/koffice
Vulnerable: < 1.3.5-r1
Unaffected: >= 1.3.5-r1
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: kde-base/kdegraphics
Vulnerable: < 3.3.2-r1
Unaffected: >= 3.3.2-r1
Unaffected: >= 3.2.3-r3 < 3.2.4
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description


KPdf and KOffice both include Xpdf code to handle PDF files. Xpdf is
vulnerable to multiple new integer overflows, as described in GLSA
200412-24.


Impact


An attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted PDF file,
potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
rights of the user running the affected utility.


Workaround


There is no known workaround at this time.


Resolution


All KPdf users should upgrade to the latest version of kdegraphics: