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Added: glsa-200904-07.xml |
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Log: |
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GLSA 200904-07 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-07.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-07.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-07.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-200904-07.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
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<glsa id="200904-07"> |
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<title>Xpdf: Untrusted search path</title> |
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<synopsis> |
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A vulnerability in Xpdf might allow local attackers to execute arbitrary |
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code. |
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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">xpdf</product> |
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<announced>April 07, 2009</announced> |
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<revised>April 07, 2009: 01</revised> |
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<bug>242930</bug> |
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<access>local</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="app-text/xpdf" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">3.02-r2</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.02-r2</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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</affected> |
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<background> |
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<p> |
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Xpdf is a PDF file viewer that runs under the X Window System. |
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</p> |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p> |
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Erik Wallin reported that Gentoo's Xpdf attempts to read the "xpdfrc" |
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file from the current working directory if it cannot find a ".xpdfrc" |
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file in the user's home directory. This is caused by a missing |
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definition of the SYSTEM_XPDFRC macro when compiling a repackaged |
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version of Xpdf. |
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</p> |
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</description> |
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<impact type="normal"> |
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<p> |
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A local attacker could entice a user to run "xpdf" from a directory |
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containing a specially crafted "xpdfrc" file, resulting in the |
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execution of arbitrary code when attempting to, e.g., print a file. |
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</p> |
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</impact> |
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<workaround> |
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<p> |
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Do not run Xpdf from untrusted working directories. |
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</p> |
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</workaround> |
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<resolution> |
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<p> |
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All Xpdf users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/xpdf-3.02-r2"</code> |
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</resolution> |
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<references> |
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1144">CVE-2009-1144</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:41:57 +0000"> |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:52:05 +0000"> |
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rbu |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:52:11 +0000"> |
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</metadata> |
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</glsa> |
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