__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN gpdf Security Update [Red Hat RHSA-2007:0730-2] August 9, 2007 19:00 GMT Number R-314 [REVISED 16 Aug 2007] [REVISED 24 Aug 2007] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: There is an integer overflow flaw in the processing of PDF files. PLATFORM: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, WS (v. 4) Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) and 4.0 (etch) DAMAGE: A malicious PDF file could cause the gpdf to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with opened. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. An attacker could create a malicious PDF ASSESSMENT: file that would cause gpdf to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with opened. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/r-314.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0730.html ADDITIONAL LINKS: Debian Security Advisory DSA-1352-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1352 Debian Security Advisory DSA-1350-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1350 Debian Security Advisory DSA-1349-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1349 Debian Security Advisory DSA-1354-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1354 Debian Security Advisory DSA-1355-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1355 Debian Security Advisory DSA-1357-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1357 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2007-3387 ______________________________________________________________________________ REVISION HISTORY: 08/16/2007 - revised R-314 to add a link to Debian Security Advisory DSA-1354-1 for Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge). 08/24/2007 - revised R-314 to add links to Debian Security Advisory DSA-1355-1 and DSA-1357-1 for Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) and 4.0 (etch). [***** Start Red Hat RHSA-2007:0730-2 *****] Important: gpdf security update Advisory: RHSA-2007:0730-2 Type: Security Advisory Severity: Important Issued on: 2007-07-30 Last updated on: 2007-07-30 Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4) OVAL: com.redhat.rhsa-20070730.xml CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2007-3387 Details Updated kdegraphics packages that fix a security issue in PDF handling are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. gpdf is a GNOME based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Maurycy Prodeus discovered an integer overflow flaw in the processing of PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause gpdf to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2007-3387) All users of gpdf should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. Solution Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188 Updated packages Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.src.rpm e9aa55884418f3c06b79fa4fcab6b950 IA-32: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.i386.rpm 2d6a13f1f568d256470abab24295272f x86_64: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.x86_64.rpm 5bcba7b63805e59edcb3f2ddf524d4e1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.src.rpm e9aa55884418f3c06b79fa4fcab6b950 IA-32: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.i386.rpm 2d6a13f1f568d256470abab24295272f IA-64: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.ia64.rpm aec63c822d4062f62b9d508efa086237 PPC: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.ppc.rpm 0c84424aed475df3e16ca0a287eefb5d s390: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.s390.rpm 8d0fa518d3e259368cacb95eced985d5 s390x: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.s390x.rpm a7ca5e67cff3ec7c6056dcab6663d3de x86_64: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.x86_64.rpm 5bcba7b63805e59edcb3f2ddf524d4e1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.src.rpm e9aa55884418f3c06b79fa4fcab6b950 IA-32: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.i386.rpm 2d6a13f1f568d256470abab24295272f IA-64: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.ia64.rpm aec63c822d4062f62b9d508efa086237 x86_64: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.x86_64.rpm 5bcba7b63805e59edcb3f2ddf524d4e1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.src.rpm e9aa55884418f3c06b79fa4fcab6b950 IA-32: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.i386.rpm 2d6a13f1f568d256470abab24295272f IA-64: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.ia64.rpm aec63c822d4062f62b9d508efa086237 x86_64: gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.x86_64.rpm 5bcba7b63805e59edcb3f2ddf524d4e1 (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information) 248194 - CVE-2007-3387 xpdf integer overflow References http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3387 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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