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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200711-22.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200711-22.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c186fa325a63 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200711-22.xml @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200711-22"> + <title>Poppler, KDE: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> + <synopsis> + Poppler and various KDE components are vulnerable to multiple memory + management issues possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">poppler koffice kword kdegraphics kpdf</product> + <announced>November 18, 2007</announced> + <revised>November 18, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>196735</bug> + <bug>198409</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/poppler" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.6.1-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.6.1-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="kde-base/kpdf" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="rge">3.5.7-r3</unaffected> + <unaffected range="ge">3.5.8-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">3.5.8-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="kde-base/kdegraphics" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="rge">3.5.7-r3</unaffected> + <unaffected range="ge">3.5.8-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">3.5.8-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="app-office/kword" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.6.3-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.6.3-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="app-office/koffice" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.6.3-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.6.3-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Poppler is a cross-platform PDF rendering library originally based on + Xpdf. KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE. KWord is the + KOffice word processor. KPDF is a KDE-based PDF viewer included in the + kdegraphics package. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Alin Rad Pop (Secunia Research) discovered several vulnerabilities in + the "Stream.cc" file of Xpdf: An integer overflow in the + DCTStream::reset() method and a boundary error in the + CCITTFaxStream::lookChar() method, both leading to heap-based buffer + overflows (CVE-2007-5392, CVE-2007-5393). He also discovered a boundary + checking error in the DCTStream::readProgressiveDataUnit() method + causing memory corruption (CVE-2007-4352). Note: Gentoo's version of + Xpdf is patched to use the Poppler library, so the update to Poppler + will also fix Xpdf. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + By enticing a user to view or process a specially crafted PDF file with + KWord or KPDF or a Poppler-based program such as Gentoo's viewers Xpdf, + ePDFView, and Evince or the CUPS printing system, a remote attacker + could cause an overflow, potentially resulting in the 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 Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.6.1-r1"</code> + <p> + All KPDF users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kpdf-3.5.7-r3"</code> + <p> + All KDE Graphics Libraries users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kdegraphics-3.5.7-r3"</code> + <p> + All KWord users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/kword-1.6.3-r2"</code> + <p> + All KOffice users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/koffice-1.6.3-r2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4352">CVE-2007-4352</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5392">CVE-2007-5392</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5393">CVE-2007-5393</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:47:07 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:30:13 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |