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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 >> Ubuntu Local Security Checks >> USN14-1 : xpdf vulnerabilities Vulnerability Assessment Details
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USN14-1 : xpdf vulnerabilities |
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xpdf vulnerabilities Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : These remote packages are missing security patches : - cupsys - cupsys-bsd - cupsys-client - libcupsimage2 - libcupsimage2-dev - libcupsys2-dev - libcupsys2-gnutls10 - libkpathsea-dev - libkpathsea3 - tetex-bin - xpdf - xpdf-common - xpdf-reader - xpdf-utils Description : Markus Meissner discovered even more integer overflow vulnerabilities in xpdf, a viewer for PDF files. These integer overflows can eventually lead to buffer overflows. The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) uses the same code to print PDF files tetex-bin uses the code to generate PDF output and process included PDF files. In any case, these vulnerabilities could be exploited by a possible hacker providing a specially crafted PDF file which, when processed by CUPS, xpdf, or pdflatex, could result in abnormal program termination or the execution of program code supplied by the attacker. In the case of CUPS, this bug could be exploited to gain the rights of the CUPS print server (by default, user cupsys). In the cases of xpdf and pdflatex, this bug could be exploited to gain the rights of the user invoking the program. Solution : Upgrade to : - cupsys-1.1.20final+cvs20040330-4ubuntu16.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - cupsys-bsd-1.1.20final+cvs20040330-4ubuntu16.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - cupsys-client-1.1.20final+cvs20040330-4ubuntu16.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libcupsimage2-1.1.20final+cvs20040330-4ubuntu16.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libcupsimage2-dev-1.1.20final+cvs20040330-4ubuntu16.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libcupsys2-dev-1.1.20final+cvs20040330-4ubuntu16.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libcupsys2-gnutls10-1.1.20final+cvs20040330-4ubuntu16.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) - libkpathsea-dev-2.0.2-21ubuntu0. [...] Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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