Issued:
2010-10-07
Updated:
2010-10-07

RHSA-2010:0751 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Important: xpdf security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

An updated xpdf package that fixes two security issues is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each
vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF)
files.

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was discovered in Xpdf. An attacker could
create a malicious PDF file that, when opened, would cause Xpdf to crash
or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-3702)

An array index error was found in the way Xpdf parsed PostScript Type 1
fonts embedded in PDF documents. An attacker could create a malicious PDF
file that, when opened, would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-3704)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains
backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

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 4.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8 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 4.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 595245 - CVE-2010-3702 xpdf: uninitialized Gfx::parser pointer dereference
  • BZ - 638960 - CVE-2010-3704 xpdf: array indexing error in FoFiType1::parse()

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e8cbd29a51a4b590fe785408ddafe65db96ddc34101ea9b8033321e0b6c05be3
x86_64
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2dcf4b48eb6e85b55c6c02543d8d7708b6cc16d6656330aac8484961bcfca4e7
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2dcf4b48eb6e85b55c6c02543d8d7708b6cc16d6656330aac8484961bcfca4e7
ia64
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 8bf1ccf888058a2d7888e3c0d1897f4b3ae525e60bac3966fca2d1918d83e6a3
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 8bf1ccf888058a2d7888e3c0d1897f4b3ae525e60bac3966fca2d1918d83e6a3
i386
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 14662d71f1c7f1ae078524c5d70526b4e32020f83e525f83aa6b326d79202b39
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 14662d71f1c7f1ae078524c5d70526b4e32020f83e525f83aa6b326d79202b39

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e8cbd29a51a4b590fe785408ddafe65db96ddc34101ea9b8033321e0b6c05be3
x86_64
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2dcf4b48eb6e85b55c6c02543d8d7708b6cc16d6656330aac8484961bcfca4e7
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2dcf4b48eb6e85b55c6c02543d8d7708b6cc16d6656330aac8484961bcfca4e7
ia64
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 8bf1ccf888058a2d7888e3c0d1897f4b3ae525e60bac3966fca2d1918d83e6a3
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 8bf1ccf888058a2d7888e3c0d1897f4b3ae525e60bac3966fca2d1918d83e6a3
i386
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 14662d71f1c7f1ae078524c5d70526b4e32020f83e525f83aa6b326d79202b39
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 14662d71f1c7f1ae078524c5d70526b4e32020f83e525f83aa6b326d79202b39

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e8cbd29a51a4b590fe785408ddafe65db96ddc34101ea9b8033321e0b6c05be3
x86_64
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2dcf4b48eb6e85b55c6c02543d8d7708b6cc16d6656330aac8484961bcfca4e7
ia64
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 8bf1ccf888058a2d7888e3c0d1897f4b3ae525e60bac3966fca2d1918d83e6a3
i386
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 14662d71f1c7f1ae078524c5d70526b4e32020f83e525f83aa6b326d79202b39

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e8cbd29a51a4b590fe785408ddafe65db96ddc34101ea9b8033321e0b6c05be3
x86_64
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2dcf4b48eb6e85b55c6c02543d8d7708b6cc16d6656330aac8484961bcfca4e7
i386
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 14662d71f1c7f1ae078524c5d70526b4e32020f83e525f83aa6b326d79202b39

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e8cbd29a51a4b590fe785408ddafe65db96ddc34101ea9b8033321e0b6c05be3
s390x
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c439b2cc947c1c7e9582c02d5e35730a69e9ec14509dae183827b5bc2885e9f2
s390
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: f7296f6c705e7855f6ed7daac92376c289d16bd44d6c7a6e62016e3950b41918

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e8cbd29a51a4b590fe785408ddafe65db96ddc34101ea9b8033321e0b6c05be3
s390x
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c439b2cc947c1c7e9582c02d5e35730a69e9ec14509dae183827b5bc2885e9f2
s390
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: f7296f6c705e7855f6ed7daac92376c289d16bd44d6c7a6e62016e3950b41918

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e8cbd29a51a4b590fe785408ddafe65db96ddc34101ea9b8033321e0b6c05be3
ppc
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: cacba596c43b6284a8f0cb7e58f1282c98cc12051a41d6758335147c874469c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e8cbd29a51a4b590fe785408ddafe65db96ddc34101ea9b8033321e0b6c05be3
ppc
xpdf-3.00-24.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: cacba596c43b6284a8f0cb7e58f1282c98cc12051a41d6758335147c874469c2

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