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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200602-05">
+ <title>KPdf: Heap based overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ KPdf includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it
+ vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">kdegraphics, kpdf</product>
+ <announced>2006-02-12</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2006-02-12</revised>
+ <bug>121375</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="kde-base/kdegraphics" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">3.4.3-r4</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">3.4.3-r4</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ <package name="kde-base/kpdf" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">3.4.3-r4</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">3.4.3-r4</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ KPdf is a KDE-based PDF viewer included in the kdegraphics
+ package.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ KPdf includes Xpdf code to handle PDF files. Dirk Mueller
+ discovered that the Xpdf code is vulnerable a heap based overflow in
+ the splash rasterizer engine.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
+ file with Kpdf, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary
+ code with the rights of the user running the affected application.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All kdegraphics users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=kde-base/kdegraphics-3.4.3-r4"</code>
+ <p>
+ All Kpdf users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=kde-base/kpdf-3.4.3-r4"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0301">CVE-2006-0301</uri>
+ <uri link="https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060202-1.txt">KDE Security Advisory: kpdf/xpdf heap based buffer overflow</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-02-10T17:37:49Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-02-11T21:32:42Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>