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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200411-30">
+ <title>pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ pdftohtml includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it
+ vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code upon converting a malicious PDF
+ file.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">pdftohtml</product>
+ <announced>2004-11-23</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2004-11-23</revised>
+ <bug>69019</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-text/pdftohtml" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.36-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="le">0.36</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ pdftohtml is a utility to convert PDF files to HTML or XML
+ formats. It makes use of Xpdf code to decode PDF files.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Xpdf is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows, as described in
+ GLSA 200410-20.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ An attacker could entice a user to convert a specially-crafted PDF
+ file, potentially resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
+ rights of the user running pdftohtml.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All pdftohtml users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-text/pdftohtml-0.36-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-20.xml">GLSA 200410-20</uri>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0888">CAN-2004-0888</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-11-22T17:05:12Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2004-11-22T17:05:20Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>