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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200803-17">
+ <title>PDFlib: Multiple buffer overflows</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Multiple stack-based buffer overflows have been reported in PDFlib.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">pdflib</product>
+ <announced>2008-03-10</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2008-03-10</revised>
+ <bug>203287</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-libs/pdflib" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">7.0.2_p8</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">7.0.2_p8</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ PDFlib is a library for generating PDF on the fly.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ poplix reported multiple boundary errors in the pdc_fsearch_fopen()
+ function when processing overly long filenames.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could send specially crafted content to a vulnerable
+ application using PDFlib, possibly resulting in the remote execution of
+ arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All PDFlib users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-libs/pdflib-7.0.2_p8"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6561">CVE-2007-6561</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-03-08T16:26:44Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-03-10T12:46:32Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-03-10T12:46:45Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>