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From: Pierre-Yves Rofes <py@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200803-17 ] PDFlib: Multiple buffer overflows
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:35:46
Message-Id: 47D5B732.9070809@gentoo.org
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10 Severity: Normal
11 Title: PDFlib: Multiple buffer overflows
12 Date: March 10, 2008
13 Bugs: #203287
14 ID: 200803-17
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18 Synopsis
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21 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows have been reported in PDFlib.
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23 Background
24 ==========
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26 PDFlib is a library for generating PDF on the fly.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 media-libs/pdflib < 7.0.2_p8 >= 7.0.2_p8
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36 Description
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39 poplix reported multiple boundary errors in the pdc_fsearch_fopen()
40 function when processing overly long filenames.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker could send specially crafted content to a vulnerable
46 application using PDFlib, possibly resulting in the remote execution of
47 arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All PDFlib users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/pdflib-7.0.2_p8"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2007-6561
66 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6561
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68 Availability
69 ============
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71 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
72 the Gentoo Security Website:
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74 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-17.xml
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76 Concerns?
77 =========
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79 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
80 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
81 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
82 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
83 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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85 License
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88 Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
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91 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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