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.
- CVE-2007-4352
- 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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_3.01-9.1+etch2.dsc
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.