Synopsis
Important: gpdf security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
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.
Description
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
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 541614 - CVE-2009-4035 xpdf: buffer overflow in FoFiType1::parse
CVEs
References
Vulmon