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GLSA-200501-13 : pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf

high Nessus Plugin ID 16404

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200501-13 (pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf)

 Xpdf is vulnerable to integer overflows, as described in GLSA 200412-24.
 Impact :

 An attacker could entice a user to convert a specially crafted PDF file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running pdftohtml.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All pdftohtml users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/pdftohtml-0.36-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200410-20

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-13

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16404

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200501-13.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pdftohtml, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1125

CWE: 20

GLSA: 200501-13