KPdf, KOffice: More vulnerabilities in included Xpdf

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200501-17 / kpdf, koffice
Release Date	January 11, 2005
Latest Revision	January 12, 2005: 02
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
app-office/koffice	< 1.3.5-r1	>= 1.3.5-r1	All supported architectures
kde-base/kdegraphics	< 3.3.2-r1	>= 3.3.2-r1, revision >= 3.2.3-r3	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #75203, #75204

Synopsis

KPdf and KOffice both include vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making them vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is enticed to view a malicious PDF file.

2. Impact Information

Background

KPdf is a KDE-based PDF viewer included in the kdegraphics package. KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE.

Description

KPdf and KOffice both include Xpdf code to handle PDF files. Xpdf is vulnerable to multiple new integer overflows, as described in GLSA 200412-24.

Impact

An attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted PDF file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the affected utility.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All KPdf users should upgrade to the latest version of kdegraphics:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdegraphics

All KOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.2: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose app-office/koffice

4. References

Updated January 11, 2005

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