Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1537-1 xpdf -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:

02 Apr 2008

Affected Packages:

xpdf

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-4352, CVE-2007-5392, CVE-2007-5393.

More information:

Alin Rad Pop (Secunia) discovered a number of vulnerabilities in xpdf, a set of tools for display and conversion of Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following three problems:

CVE-2007-4352
Inadequate DCT stream validation allows an attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a maliciously crafted PDF file.
CVE-2007-5392
An integer overflow vulnerability in DCT stream handling could allow an attacker to overflow a heap buffer, enabling the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2007-5393
A buffer overflow vulnerability in xpdf's CCITT image compression handlers allows overflow on the heap, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code by supplying a maliciously crafted CCITTFaxDecode filter.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 3.01-9.1+etch2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 3.02-1.3.

We recommend that you upgrade your xpdf packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_3.01-9.1+etch2.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_3.01-9.1+etch2.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_3.01.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-common_3.01-9.1+etch2_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_3.01-9.1+etch2_all.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_3.01-9.1+etch2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_3.01-9.1+etch2_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_3.01-9.1+etch2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_3.01-9.1+etch2_arm.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_3.01-9.1+etch2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_3.01-9.1+etch2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_3.01-9.1+etch2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_3.01-9.1+etch2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_3.01-9.1+etch2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_3.01-9.1+etch2_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_3.01-9.1+etch2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_3.01-9.1+etch2_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_3.01-9.1+etch2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_3.01-9.1+etch2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_3.01-9.1+etch2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_3.01-9.1+etch2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_3.01-9.1+etch2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_3.01-9.1+etch2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_3.01-9.1+etch2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_3.01-9.1+etch2_sparc.deb

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