DSA-1349-1 libextractor -- integer overflow

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2007-3387  

It was discovered that an integer overflow in the xpdf PDF viewer may lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed PDF file is opened. libextractor includes a copy of the xpdf code and required an update as well. For the oldstable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.2-2sarge6. The stable distribution (etch) isn't affected by this problem. The unstable distribution (sid) isn't affected by this problem. We recommend that you upgrade your libextractor packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1349-1 libextractor -- integer overflow

Date Reported:
05 Aug 2007
Affected Packages:
libextractor
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-3387.
More information:

It was discovered that an integer overflow in the xpdf PDF viewer may lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed PDF file is opened.

libextractor includes a copy of the xpdf code and required an update as well.

For the oldstable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.2-2sarge6.

The stable distribution (etch) isn't affected by this problem.

The unstable distribution (sid) isn't affected by this problem.

We recommend that you upgrade your libextractor packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor_0.4.2-2sarge6.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor_0.4.2-2sarge6.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor_0.4.2.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/extract_0.4.2-2sarge6_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1_0.4.2-2sarge6_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libe/libextractor/libextractor1-dev_0.4.2-2sarge6_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.