[CLA-2003:674] Conectiva Security Announcement - xpdf
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 10:59:55 -0300
From: Conectiva Updates <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
Subject: [CLA-2003:674] Conectiva Security Announcement - xpdf
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : xpdf
SUMMARY : Embedded commands execution vulnerability
DATE : 2003-07-04 10:57:00
ID : CLA-2003:674
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 7.0, 8, 9
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DESCRIPTION
Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
This update fixes a vulnerability that allows attackers to embed
commands in document hyperlinks. If the user clicks in an hyperlink
created by the attacker, it can execute malicious commands when
calling a external program (web browsers, mail programs, etc).
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2003-0434 to this issue.
SOLUTION
All xpdf users should upgrade.
REFERENCES:
1.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0434
UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/xpdf-0.92-2U70_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/xpdf-0.92-2U70_2cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/xpdf-0.93-2U80_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/xpdf-0.93-2U80_2cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/xpdf-2.01-22930U90_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/xpdf-2.01-22930U90_1cl.src.rpm
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:
- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade
Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en
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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en
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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en
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Copyright (c) 2003 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com
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