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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-06 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: libextractor: Multiple overflow vulnerabilities |
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Date: June 09, 2005 |
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Bugs: #79704 |
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ID: 200506-06 |
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Synopsis |
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libextractor is affected by several overflow vulnerabilities in the |
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PDF, Real and PNG extractors, making it vulnerable to execution of |
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arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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libextractor is a library used to extract meta-data from files. It |
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makes use of Xpdf code to extract information from PDF files. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 media-libs/libextractor < 0.5.0 >= 0.5.0 |
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Description |
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Xpdf is vulnerable to multiple overflows, as described in GLSA |
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200501-28. Also, integer overflows were discovered in Real and PNG |
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extractors. |
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Impact |
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An attacker could design malicious PDF, PNG or Real files which, when |
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processed by an application making use of libextractor, would result in |
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the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the |
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application. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All libextractor users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libextractor-0.5.0" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-0064 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0064 |
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[ 2 ] GLSA 200501-28 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-28.xml |
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[ 3 ] libextractor security announcement |
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http://gnunet.org/libextractor/ |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-06.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 |