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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54842
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200502-10 (pdftohtml)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200502-10.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200502-10.

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-r3'

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0064
Bugtraq: 20050119 [USN-64-1] xpdf, CUPS vulnerabilities (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110625368019554&w=2
Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2005:921
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000921
Debian Security Information: DSA-645 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-645
Debian Security Information: DSA-648 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-648
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2352
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2353
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-28
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-10
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=186&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:016
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:017
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:018
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:019
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:020
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:021
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11781
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-026.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-034.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-057.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-059.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-066.html
SCO Security Bulletin: SCOSA-2005.42
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.42/SCOSA-2005.42.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/17277
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/
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