Synopsis

gpdf security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

An updated gpdf package that fixes a security issue is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

The gpdf package is an GNOME based viewer for Portable Document Format
(PDF) files.

Marcus Meissner reported a flaw in gpdf. An attacker could construct a
carefully crafted PDF file that would cause gpdf to consume all available
disk space in /tmp when opened. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project assigned the name CAN-2005-2097 to this issue.

Note that this issue does not affect the version of gpdf in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3 or 2.1.

Users of gpdf should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 163920 - CAN-2005-2097 gpdf DoS

CVEs

• CVE-2005-2097

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 296eb16c8a9383b8b1df4cac822a169dae8e92bb96261ec00c4a7e68d65de7c9
x86_64
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 736f56ddfa37dc07cade96c91bb9b89bf248ea04220fe1e0e793ce94086a5494
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 736f56ddfa37dc07cade96c91bb9b89bf248ea04220fe1e0e793ce94086a5494
ia64
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 870f7a2911923b1ad72bf42995b6b7d2fe86a482537cc565a90e19e8ffa376ab
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 870f7a2911923b1ad72bf42995b6b7d2fe86a482537cc565a90e19e8ffa376ab
i386
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 538d811551975943aecf806786228ad0ef999173bef78772c55bec022802b00f
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 538d811551975943aecf806786228ad0ef999173bef78772c55bec022802b00f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 296eb16c8a9383b8b1df4cac822a169dae8e92bb96261ec00c4a7e68d65de7c9
x86_64
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 736f56ddfa37dc07cade96c91bb9b89bf248ea04220fe1e0e793ce94086a5494
ia64
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 870f7a2911923b1ad72bf42995b6b7d2fe86a482537cc565a90e19e8ffa376ab
i386
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 538d811551975943aecf806786228ad0ef999173bef78772c55bec022802b00f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 296eb16c8a9383b8b1df4cac822a169dae8e92bb96261ec00c4a7e68d65de7c9
x86_64
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 736f56ddfa37dc07cade96c91bb9b89bf248ea04220fe1e0e793ce94086a5494
i386
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 538d811551975943aecf806786228ad0ef999173bef78772c55bec022802b00f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 296eb16c8a9383b8b1df4cac822a169dae8e92bb96261ec00c4a7e68d65de7c9
s390x
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: eac3c639f28fc42eabeb1de7862676f2984a900acd93b4e2577cf39fa0640c9b
s390
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 66b82a1b84dead551c68ca96d5c7bef5101047a2042ea63f9030d755ee4d3667

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 296eb16c8a9383b8b1df4cac822a169dae8e92bb96261ec00c4a7e68d65de7c9
ppc
gpdf-2.8.2-4.4.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 85715d73557b8067095015bdcaea2876a14d02b1e0f2f9d937d6f7964c6ec64d