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GLSA-200502-10 : pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf

high Nessus Plugin ID 16447

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-200502-10 (pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf)

 Xpdf is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, as described in GLSA 200501-28.
 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-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-28

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-10

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16447

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200502-10.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

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: 2/9/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0064

GLSA: 200502-10