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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2004.0700 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 581-1
New xpdf packages fix arbitrary code execution
3 November 2004
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: xpdf
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Linux variants
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0888
Ref: ESB-2004.0670
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-581
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 581-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
November 2nd, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : xpdf
Vulnerability : integer overflows
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0888
Debian Bug : 278298
Chris Evans discovered several integer overflows in xpdf, a viewer for
PDF files, which can be exploited remotely by a specially crafted PDF
document and lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.00-3.2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 3.00-9.
We recommend that you upgrade your xpdf package.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_1.00-3.2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 706 9f5d7d51a4bc6d71a06dd4a5f02f3729
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_1.00-3.2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 10058 15d41abe3fa8a2d78c6b041c748f208e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_1.00.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 397750 81f3c381cef729e4b6f4ce21cf5bbf3c
Architecture independent components:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-common_1.00-3.2_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 38514 c09d234c1a76172cb43a97856de16b2d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_1.00-3.2_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1292 3fec4c8ebb50145440c5036c1a7e293d
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 570922 67ff32dd5a579977a931445ed893d085
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1045100 884ede86ce33bda2ac61bb70e45020d6
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 487036 8b1e20731ab6733ba9407fbdcfdda7eb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 886032 b1bf52b32ab24c5a6f27a10284af8a19
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 449348 d4df5561128f35da0d12b0308c0fb0fd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 827652 54710c21c73a005b5733cc0b2ebd8fc1
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 682162 52cf660fd4aa6e34a567cc2c4b35f602
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1227894 ec5525ea02b45edbc77d9aa92a9f15d9
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 563642 787e6969b5523b594ba48757e648e63f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1032382 3d5b816589415127a6b339bb564d4617
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 427490 c389ebf13a5cac9aa9198d8e065e4f18
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 794176 4b996f2daa35ee1a5769077a9a156ad2
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 555000 ac278836ba797ee23d08cd4f0f00fcb5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1016288 04e8cef118a28a1504d5dd34d662fddb
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 546044 d9ce2aa3c6d6f9d8b78b1c9fa1756c1c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 998132 ca0548cb69d7809606e82fd99a73fa92
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 469980 6b8da3e2e44bde50792185f59690951a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 859330 eeadbcb97f1cd21a11c23b58149ecb57
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 429866 e66715f9fee0a9d3b9e4fbb7167baf7a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 785356 f6913f88e3dd30a6237c77bf2fb99ff6
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-reader_1.00-3.2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 443534 0f6dd3d3113d0c2c72980b879b6f4a4b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpdf/xpdf-utils_1.00-3.2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 809584 140b40d1fc50dbb16af26d8fa1515b3c
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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