CentOS 4 : gpdf (CESA-2009:1681)

high Nessus Plugin ID 43358

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated gpdf package that fixes a security issue is 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 viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Petr Gajdos and Christian Kornacker of SUSE reported a buffer overflow flaw in GPdf's Type 1 font parser. A specially crafted PDF file with an embedded Type 1 font could cause GPdf to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-4035)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected gpdf package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f8e5e11c

http://www.nessus.org/u?b66cb377

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 43358

File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-1681.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/21/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gpdf, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/21/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4035

CWE: 94

RHSA: 2009:1681