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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54751
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200411-30 (pdftohtml)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200411-30.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200411-30.

Vulnerability Insight:
pdftohtml includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it
vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code upon converting a malicious PDF
file.

Solution:
All pdftohtml users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/pdftohtml-0.36-r1'

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0888
BugTraq ID: 11501
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11501
Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2004:886
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000886
Debian Security Information: DSA-573 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-573
Debian Security Information: DSA-581 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-581
Debian Security Information: DSA-599 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-599
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110815379627883&w=2
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2353
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-20.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-30.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:113
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:114
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:115
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:116
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9714
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-543.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-592.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-066.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-354.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2004:039 (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109880927526773&w=2
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-9-1/
XForce ISS Database: xpdf-pdf-bo(17818)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17818
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