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[DSA979] DSA-979-1 pdfkit.framework

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-979-1 pdfkit.framework

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Derek Noonburg has fixed several potential vulnerabilities in xpdf,
the Portable Document Format (PDF) suite, which are also present in
pdfkit.framework, the GNUstep framework for rendering PDF content.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain pdfkit.framework
packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.8-2sarge3.
The unstable distribution (sid) is not affected by these problems.
We recommend that you upgrade your pdfkit.framework package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-979
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 16748

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2006 Michel Arboi

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