DSA-222-1 xpdf -- integer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-222-1 xpdf -- integer overflow

Date Reported:

06 Jan 2003

Affected Packages:

xpdf

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 6475.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2002-1384.

More information:

iDEFENSE discovered an integer overflow in the pdftops filter from the xpdf package that can be exploited to gain the privileges of the target user. This can lead to gaining unauthorized access to the 'lp' user if the pdftops program is part of the print filter.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.00-3.1.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 0.90-8.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.01-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your xpdf package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_0.90-8.1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_0.90-8.1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_0.90.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_0.90-8.1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_0.90-8.1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_0.90-8.1_i386.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_0.90-8.1_m68k.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_0.90-8.1_powerpc.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_0.90-8.1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_1.00-3.1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_1.00-3.1.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_1.00-3.1_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_1.00-3.1_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.1_sparc.deb

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