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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
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