RHSA-2009:1500: Important: xpdf security update
First published: Thu Oct 15 2009(Updated: )
Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF)<br>files.<br>Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in Xpdf. An attacker could<br>create a malicious PDF file that would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially,<br>execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0791, CVE-2009-3604,<br>CVE-2009-3606, CVE-2009-3609)<br>Red Hat would like to thank Adam Zabrocki for reporting the CVE-2009-3604<br>issue.<br>Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a<br>backported patch to correct these issues.
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=491840
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=526877
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=526893
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=526911
- http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1500 (Advisory)
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