DSA-619-1 xpdf -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-619-1 xpdf -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

30 Dec 2004

Affected Packages:

xpdf

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 286742, Bug 286983.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-1125.

More information:

An iDEFENSE security researcher discovered a buffer overflow in xpdf, the portable document format (PDF) suite. A maliciously crafted PDF file could exploit this problem, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.00-3.3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.00-11.

We recommend that you upgrade your xpdf package immediately.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_1.00-3.3.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_1.00-3.3.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_1.00.orig.tar.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-common_1.00-3.3_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_1.00-3.3_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.3_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.3_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.3_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.3_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.3_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.3_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.3_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.3_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.3_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.3_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.3_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.3_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.3_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.3_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.3_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.3_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.3_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.3_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.3_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.3_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.3_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.3_sparc.deb

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