Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2007:1025 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2007-11-07
Updated:
2007-11-07

RHSA-2007:1025 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Important: gpdf security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

Updated gpdf packages that fix several security issues are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

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

Description

gpdf is a GNOME-based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Alin Rad Pop discovered several flaws in the handling of PDF files. An
attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause gpdf to crash,
or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened.
(CVE-2007-4352, CVE-2007-5392, CVE-2007-5393)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to resolve these issues.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.5 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 345101 - CVE-2007-4352 xpdf memory corruption in DCTStream::readProgressiveDataUnit()
  • BZ - 345111 - CVE-2007-5392 xpdf buffer overflow in DCTStream::reset()
  • BZ - 345121 - CVE-2007-5393 xpdf buffer overflow in CCITTFaxStream::lookChar()

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 8ce9fa622760d9715a65289831b1c50b51fb6ad89c13ae7d319b021f6a1b4eb6
x86_64
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d3929810bb004e807dccc642d58e033f399da82647cf24b082b826aff5c4d67c
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d3929810bb004e807dccc642d58e033f399da82647cf24b082b826aff5c4d67c
ia64
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 741ca9478764d5907504d63fa4dd8d2acc22ac4f97f36a76e948a15be66e4f63
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 741ca9478764d5907504d63fa4dd8d2acc22ac4f97f36a76e948a15be66e4f63
i386
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: dcff192540e7de1229dd8b0eb6928be66f8248553278a136f27b1d9a689cadf4
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: dcff192540e7de1229dd8b0eb6928be66f8248553278a136f27b1d9a689cadf4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 8ce9fa622760d9715a65289831b1c50b51fb6ad89c13ae7d319b021f6a1b4eb6
x86_64
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d3929810bb004e807dccc642d58e033f399da82647cf24b082b826aff5c4d67c
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d3929810bb004e807dccc642d58e033f399da82647cf24b082b826aff5c4d67c
ia64
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 741ca9478764d5907504d63fa4dd8d2acc22ac4f97f36a76e948a15be66e4f63
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 741ca9478764d5907504d63fa4dd8d2acc22ac4f97f36a76e948a15be66e4f63
i386
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: dcff192540e7de1229dd8b0eb6928be66f8248553278a136f27b1d9a689cadf4
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: dcff192540e7de1229dd8b0eb6928be66f8248553278a136f27b1d9a689cadf4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 8ce9fa622760d9715a65289831b1c50b51fb6ad89c13ae7d319b021f6a1b4eb6
x86_64
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d3929810bb004e807dccc642d58e033f399da82647cf24b082b826aff5c4d67c
ia64
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 741ca9478764d5907504d63fa4dd8d2acc22ac4f97f36a76e948a15be66e4f63
i386
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: dcff192540e7de1229dd8b0eb6928be66f8248553278a136f27b1d9a689cadf4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 8ce9fa622760d9715a65289831b1c50b51fb6ad89c13ae7d319b021f6a1b4eb6
x86_64
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d3929810bb004e807dccc642d58e033f399da82647cf24b082b826aff5c4d67c
i386
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: dcff192540e7de1229dd8b0eb6928be66f8248553278a136f27b1d9a689cadf4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 8ce9fa622760d9715a65289831b1c50b51fb6ad89c13ae7d319b021f6a1b4eb6
s390x
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dce11a6523cec65a003c4002631ef828326bf71fdf7dfe0cebf39458c42345ee
s390
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 754488554e8d146b08085e6caa023ca91dfb867366d1eb08ed3ac0e5cbf3b52d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 8ce9fa622760d9715a65289831b1c50b51fb6ad89c13ae7d319b021f6a1b4eb6
s390x
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dce11a6523cec65a003c4002631ef828326bf71fdf7dfe0cebf39458c42345ee
s390
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 754488554e8d146b08085e6caa023ca91dfb867366d1eb08ed3ac0e5cbf3b52d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 8ce9fa622760d9715a65289831b1c50b51fb6ad89c13ae7d319b021f6a1b4eb6
ppc
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 22afc63d08769891161076fc4d1ad3f373695086fe490d3e6748e287414c4125

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 8ce9fa622760d9715a65289831b1c50b51fb6ad89c13ae7d319b021f6a1b4eb6
ppc
gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 22afc63d08769891161076fc4d1ad3f373695086fe490d3e6748e287414c4125

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