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[DSA983] DSA-983-1 pdftohtml

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-983-1 pdftohtml

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Derek Noonburg has fixed several potential vulnerabilities in xpdf,
which are also present in pdftohtml, a utility that translates PDF
documents into HTML format.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain pdftohtml packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.36-11sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.36-12.
We recommend that you upgrade your pdftohtml package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-983
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 16748

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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