From: Dirk Mueller <mueller@kde.org.>
To: [email protected]Subject: [KDE Security Advisory] kpdf/xpdf heap based buffer overflow
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 00:12:47 +0100
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KDE Security Advisory: kpdf/xpdf heap based buffer overflow
Original Release Date: 2006-02-02
URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060202-1.txt
0. References
CVE-2006-0301
1. Systems affected:
KDE 3.4.0 up to including KDE 3.5.1
2. Overview:
kpdf, the KDE pdf viewer, shares code with xpdf. xpdf contains
a heap based buffer overflow in the splash rasterizer engine
that can crash kpdf or even execute arbitrary code.
3. Impact:
Remotely supplied pdf files can be used to execute arbitrary
code on the client machine.
4. Solution:
Source code patches have been made available which fix these
vulnerabilities. Contact your OS vendor / binary package provider
for information about how to obtain updated binary packages.
5. Patch:
Patch for KDE 3.4.3 is available from=20
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
bc7dc2a5235f95a41fc1d7ab885899da =20
post-3.5.1-kdegraphics-CVE-2006-0301.diff
Patch for KDE 3.4.3 is available from=20
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
ebbce0a49537b694932b3c0efcf18261 =20
post-3.4.3-kdegraphics-CVE-2006-0301.diff
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