Synopsis

Important: xpdf security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

Updated xpdf 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

Xpdf is an X Window System-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 Xpdf 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 Server - Extended Update Support 4.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - 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()

CVEs

• CVE-2007-5393
• CVE-2007-5392
• CVE-2007-4352

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 3a7b663e095130108db9a9173440e502032e4251d0626dab738b010d3da3804d
x86_64
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e7fdd5ee03de988854dce0f501141f3586de4db6b2454c8cd761c03a7dee00a
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e7fdd5ee03de988854dce0f501141f3586de4db6b2454c8cd761c03a7dee00a
ia64
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: ac17f543db5c12e48faf9e607d4857bc0d09da28d64387cf3ed1b30f1459a185
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: ac17f543db5c12e48faf9e607d4857bc0d09da28d64387cf3ed1b30f1459a185
i386
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b00d4f3e8e011aa100668a862d785693cd9bedf71121cd3e9bafa707a865fe1d
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b00d4f3e8e011aa100668a862d785693cd9bedf71121cd3e9bafa707a865fe1d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 3a7b663e095130108db9a9173440e502032e4251d0626dab738b010d3da3804d
x86_64
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e7fdd5ee03de988854dce0f501141f3586de4db6b2454c8cd761c03a7dee00a
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e7fdd5ee03de988854dce0f501141f3586de4db6b2454c8cd761c03a7dee00a
ia64
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: ac17f543db5c12e48faf9e607d4857bc0d09da28d64387cf3ed1b30f1459a185
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: ac17f543db5c12e48faf9e607d4857bc0d09da28d64387cf3ed1b30f1459a185
i386
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b00d4f3e8e011aa100668a862d785693cd9bedf71121cd3e9bafa707a865fe1d
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b00d4f3e8e011aa100668a862d785693cd9bedf71121cd3e9bafa707a865fe1d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 3a7b663e095130108db9a9173440e502032e4251d0626dab738b010d3da3804d
x86_64
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e7fdd5ee03de988854dce0f501141f3586de4db6b2454c8cd761c03a7dee00a
ia64
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: ac17f543db5c12e48faf9e607d4857bc0d09da28d64387cf3ed1b30f1459a185
i386
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b00d4f3e8e011aa100668a862d785693cd9bedf71121cd3e9bafa707a865fe1d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 3a7b663e095130108db9a9173440e502032e4251d0626dab738b010d3da3804d
x86_64
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4e7fdd5ee03de988854dce0f501141f3586de4db6b2454c8cd761c03a7dee00a
i386
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b00d4f3e8e011aa100668a862d785693cd9bedf71121cd3e9bafa707a865fe1d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 3a7b663e095130108db9a9173440e502032e4251d0626dab738b010d3da3804d
s390x
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: d485807b659cc0908d705a73650a45d24d8a49f551279456f634a4d40b30cc02
s390
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 44a702d4b031f8cb55438933c271b715b74fc5585cfa1f36ee75f5aed7ae9e87

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

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 3a7b663e095130108db9a9173440e502032e4251d0626dab738b010d3da3804d
s390x
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: d485807b659cc0908d705a73650a45d24d8a49f551279456f634a4d40b30cc02
s390
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 44a702d4b031f8cb55438933c271b715b74fc5585cfa1f36ee75f5aed7ae9e87

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 3a7b663e095130108db9a9173440e502032e4251d0626dab738b010d3da3804d
ppc
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: c225b3b953ec994169284eab5390ed7bc917a6b91a9d3c272b5ab4d7ef157f66

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

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 3a7b663e095130108db9a9173440e502032e4251d0626dab738b010d3da3804d
ppc
xpdf-3.00-14.el4.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: c225b3b953ec994169284eab5390ed7bc917a6b91a9d3c272b5ab4d7ef157f66