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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200904-07">
+ <title>Xpdf: Untrusted search path</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A vulnerability in Xpdf might allow local attackers to execute arbitrary
+ code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">xpdf</product>
+ <announced>2009-04-07</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2009-04-07</revised>
+ <bug>242930</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-text/xpdf" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">3.02-r2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">3.02-r2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Xpdf is a PDF file viewer that runs under the X Window System.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Erik Wallin reported that Gentoo's Xpdf attempts to read the "xpdfrc"
+ file from the current working directory if it cannot find a ".xpdfrc"
+ file in the user's home directory. This is caused by a missing
+ definition of the SYSTEM_XPDFRC macro when compiling a repackaged
+ version of Xpdf.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A local attacker could entice a user to run "xpdf" from a directory
+ containing a specially crafted "xpdfrc" file, resulting in the
+ execution of arbitrary code when attempting to, e.g., print a file.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ Do not run Xpdf from untrusted working directories.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Xpdf users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-text/xpdf-3.02-r2"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1144">CVE-2009-1144</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-04-04T12:41:57Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-04-04T12:52:05Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-04-04T12:52:11Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>