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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51431
Category:Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2003:674
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory CLA-2003:674.

Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

This update fixes a vulnerability that allows attackers to embed
commands in document hyperlinks. If the user clicks in an hyperlink
created by the attacker, it can execute malicious commands when
calling a external program (web browsers, mail programs, etc).

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CVE-2003-0434 to this issue.


Solution:
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades
by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade'

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0434
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2003:674
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002003

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.5

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0434
Bugtraq: 20030709 xpdf vulnerability - CAN-2003-0434 (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105777963019186&w=2
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#200132
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/200132
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/005719.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:071
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A664
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-196.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-197.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/9037
http://secunia.com/advisories/9038
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