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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200301-1 |
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PACKAGE : xpdf |
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SUMMARY : integer overflow |
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DATE : 2003-01-02 10:01 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : local and remote |
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- From iDEFENSE advisory: |
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"The pdftops filter in the Xpdf and CUPS packages contains an integer |
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overflow that can be exploited to gain the privileges of the target user |
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or in some cases the increased privileges of the 'lp' user if installed |
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setuid. There are multiple ways of exploiting this vulnerability." |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.23.02.txt |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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app-text/xpdf-1.01-r1 or earlier update their systems as |
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follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge xpdf |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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