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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66538 |
Category: | Red Hat Local Security Checks |
Title: | RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1680 |
Summary: | The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory RHSA-2009:1680.;;Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF);files.;;Petr Gajdos and Christian Kornacker of SUSE reported a buffer overflow flaw;in Xpdf's Type 1 font parser. A specially-crafted PDF file with an embedded;Type 1 font could cause Xpdf to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code;when opened. (CVE-2009-4035);;Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a;backported patch to correct this issue. |
Description: | Summary: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1680. Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Petr Gajdos and Christian Kornacker of SUSE reported a buffer overflow flaw in Xpdf's Type 1 font parser. A specially-crafted PDF file with an embedded Type 1 font could cause Xpdf to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-4035) Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date CVSS Score: 9.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4035 1023356 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023356 37350 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37350 37641 http://secunia.com/advisories/37641 37781 http://secunia.com/advisories/37781 37787 http://secunia.com/advisories/37787 37793 http://secunia.com/advisories/37793 ADV-2009-3555 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3555 RHSA-2009:1680 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1680.html RHSA-2009:1681 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1681.html RHSA-2009:1682 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1682.html SUSE-SR:2010:003 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00003.html http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/diff/fofi/FoFiType1.cc?id=4b4fc5c0 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/tree/fofi/FoFiType1.cc?id=4b4fc5c017bf147c9069bbce32fc14467bd2a81a https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541614 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10996 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10996 xpdf-fofitype1parse-bo(54831) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54831 |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc. |
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