Steffen Joeris
2007-Aug-22 06:44 UTC
[SECURITY] [DTSA-54-1] New poppler packages fix integer overflow
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Testing Security Advisory DTSA-54-1 August 22nd , 2007 secure-testing-team at lists.alioth.debian.org Steffen Joeris http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : poppler Vulnerability : integer overflow Problem-Scope : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2007-3387 It was discovered that an integer overflow in the xpdf PDF viewer may lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed PDF file is opened. For the testing distribution (lenny) this is fixed in version 0.5.4-6lenny1 For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version 0.5.4-6.1 This upgrade is recommended if you use poppler Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free To install the update, run this command as root: apt-get update && apt-get upgrade For further information about the Debian testing security team, please refer to http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/secure-testing-announce/attachments/20070822/491d3a25/attachment.pgp