- Issued:
- 2010-10-07
- Updated:
- 2010-10-07
RHSA-2010:0752 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: gpdf security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated gpdf 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
GPdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
An uninitialized pointer use flaw was discovered in GPdf. An attacker could
create a malicious PDF file that, when opened, would cause GPdf to crash
or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-3702)
An array index error was found in the way GPdf parsed PostScript Type 1
fonts embedded in PDF documents. An attacker could create a malicious PDF
file that, when opened, would cause GPdf 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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 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()
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: a53055cef659e877f4819fb984d8d03addc3fc8839e41ea2735dbc8b0feb48cc |
| x86_64 | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5c00c4677ada87f6adfc5577e032e94730ee2d0813cc5f2d31bdff1603ccfbe6 |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5c00c4677ada87f6adfc5577e032e94730ee2d0813cc5f2d31bdff1603ccfbe6 |
| ia64 | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: a1bbdc4c267a0930413f89eb28df5bb1b4382a52e0ace5c9cdcec061ad45da14 |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: a1bbdc4c267a0930413f89eb28df5bb1b4382a52e0ace5c9cdcec061ad45da14 |
| i386 | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fb8b673baa04e998b1d7b58e823b07d3b9af23a76f9149c2f88ce2103516d248 |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fb8b673baa04e998b1d7b58e823b07d3b9af23a76f9149c2f88ce2103516d248 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: a53055cef659e877f4819fb984d8d03addc3fc8839e41ea2735dbc8b0feb48cc |
| x86_64 | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5c00c4677ada87f6adfc5577e032e94730ee2d0813cc5f2d31bdff1603ccfbe6 |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5c00c4677ada87f6adfc5577e032e94730ee2d0813cc5f2d31bdff1603ccfbe6 |
| ia64 | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: a1bbdc4c267a0930413f89eb28df5bb1b4382a52e0ace5c9cdcec061ad45da14 |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: a1bbdc4c267a0930413f89eb28df5bb1b4382a52e0ace5c9cdcec061ad45da14 |
| i386 | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fb8b673baa04e998b1d7b58e823b07d3b9af23a76f9149c2f88ce2103516d248 |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fb8b673baa04e998b1d7b58e823b07d3b9af23a76f9149c2f88ce2103516d248 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: a53055cef659e877f4819fb984d8d03addc3fc8839e41ea2735dbc8b0feb48cc |
| x86_64 | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5c00c4677ada87f6adfc5577e032e94730ee2d0813cc5f2d31bdff1603ccfbe6 |
| ia64 | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: a1bbdc4c267a0930413f89eb28df5bb1b4382a52e0ace5c9cdcec061ad45da14 |
| i386 | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fb8b673baa04e998b1d7b58e823b07d3b9af23a76f9149c2f88ce2103516d248 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: a53055cef659e877f4819fb984d8d03addc3fc8839e41ea2735dbc8b0feb48cc |
| x86_64 | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5c00c4677ada87f6adfc5577e032e94730ee2d0813cc5f2d31bdff1603ccfbe6 |
| i386 | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fb8b673baa04e998b1d7b58e823b07d3b9af23a76f9149c2f88ce2103516d248 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: a53055cef659e877f4819fb984d8d03addc3fc8839e41ea2735dbc8b0feb48cc |
| s390x | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: e74ded2066ff99fe603d3bcac1b388fddb98d473f8fe888e36acaaefa34dcef1 |
| s390 | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: bd8e18e1fd45141c6e86c514840a3a615943469a43564892cf68eb1f6f0293cb |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: a53055cef659e877f4819fb984d8d03addc3fc8839e41ea2735dbc8b0feb48cc |
| s390x | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: e74ded2066ff99fe603d3bcac1b388fddb98d473f8fe888e36acaaefa34dcef1 |
| s390 | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: bd8e18e1fd45141c6e86c514840a3a615943469a43564892cf68eb1f6f0293cb |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: a53055cef659e877f4819fb984d8d03addc3fc8839e41ea2735dbc8b0feb48cc |
| ppc | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 2acd88922abe3e139942efad7482ab5d9be737bbae263ab68eb2360e963fd03a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: a53055cef659e877f4819fb984d8d03addc3fc8839e41ea2735dbc8b0feb48cc |
| ppc | |
| gpdf-2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 2acd88922abe3e139942efad7482ab5d9be737bbae263ab68eb2360e963fd03a |
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