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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Red Hat Local Security Checks >> RHSA-2002-307: xpdf Vulnerability Assessment Details
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RHSA-2002-307: xpdf |
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Check for the version of the xpdf packages Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Updated Xpdf packages are available to fix a vulnerability where a malicious PDF document could run arbitrary code. [Updated 06 Feb 2003] Added fixed packages for Advanced Workstation 2.1 Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. During an audit of CUPS, a printing system, Zen Parsec found an integer overflow vulnerability in the pdftops filter. Since the code for pdftops is taken from the Xpdf project, all versions of Xpdf including 2.01 are also vulnerable to this issue. A possible hacker could create a malicious PDF file that would execute arbitrary code as the user who used Xpdf to view it. All users of Xpdf are advised to upgrade to these errata packages which contain a patch to correct this issue. Solution : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-307.html Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security |
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