Important: kdegraphics security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2007:1051-3
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Important
Issued on:	2007-11-16
Last updated on:	2007-11-12
Affected Products:	RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL:	com.redhat.rhsa-20071051.xml
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2007-5393

Details

Updated kdegraphics packages that fix a security issue are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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

The kdegraphics packages contain applications for the K Desktop
Environment. This includes kpdf, a PDF file viewer.

Alin Rad Pop discovered a flaw in the handling of PDF files. An attacker
could create a malicious PDF file that would cause kpdf to crash, or
potentially execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2007-5393)

All kdegraphics users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain backported patches to resolve this issue.

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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

IA-32:
kdegraphics-devel-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0075	`482c3ec5a51486e432c245011ce89409`

x86_64:
kdegraphics-devel-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0075	`482c3ec5a51486e432c245011ce89409`
kdegraphics-devel-3.5.4-5.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0075	`89749820cf7c3172c6dfd0519112c60d`

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0810	`c2f340f5b26713accf531bd5c768ec0e`

IA-32:
kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0810	`64c7469c3efac3747f52194d30d60f47`
kdegraphics-devel-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0810	`482c3ec5a51486e432c245011ce89409`

x86_64:
kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0810	`189a7bb3a163f0e7f30c5657f24815ad`
kdegraphics-devel-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0810	`482c3ec5a51486e432c245011ce89409`
kdegraphics-devel-3.5.4-5.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0810	`89749820cf7c3172c6dfd0519112c60d`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0810	`c2f340f5b26713accf531bd5c768ec0e`

IA-32:
kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0075	`64c7469c3efac3747f52194d30d60f47`

x86_64:
kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0075	`189a7bb3a163f0e7f30c5657f24815ad`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

345121 - CVE-2007-5393 xpdf buffer overflow in CCITTFaxStream::lookChar()

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5393
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

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https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

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