Issued:

2009-10-15

Updated:

2009-10-15

RHSA-2009:1500 - Important: xpdf security update

Synopsis

Important: xpdf security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An updated xpdf package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in Xpdf. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0791, CVE-2009-3604, CVE-2009-3606, CVE-2009-3609)

Red Hat would like to thank Adam Zabrocki for reporting the CVE-2009-3604 issue.

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• xpdf-2.02-17.el3.ppc.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 491840
• This content is not included.BZ - 526877
• This content is not included.BZ - 526893
• This content is not included.BZ - 526911

CVEs

• CVE-2009-0791
• CVE-2009-3604
• CVE-2009-3606
• CVE-2009-3609

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.