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Fedora alert FEDORA-2005-1125 (gpdf)

From:  "Raymond Strode" <rstrode@redhat.com>
To:  fedora-announce-list@redhat.com
Subject:  [SECURITY] Fedora Core 3 Update: gpdf-2.8.2-5.2
Date:  Wed, 7 Dec 2005 10:47:35 -0500

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2005-1125 2005-12-07 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Product : Fedora Core 3 Name : gpdf Version : 2.8.2 Release : 5.2 Summary : viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files for GNOME Description : This is GPdf, a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files for GNOME. GPdf is based on the Xpdf program and uses additional GNOME libraries for better desktop integration. GPdf includes the gpdf application, a Bonobo control for PDF display which can be embedded in Nautilus, and a Nautilus property page for PDF files. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Several flaws were discovered in Xpdf, which is used internally by gpdf. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted PDF file that could cause gpdf to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CAN-2005-3193 to these issues. Users of gpdf should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a patch to resolve these issues. --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Tue Dec 6 2005 Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com> 2.8.2-5.2 - apply patch for CVE-2005-3193 (bug 175100) --------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be downloaded from: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/u... b9cd74d341bfd9a9c257407c81f9a4c3 SRPMS/gpdf-2.8.2-5.2.src.rpm 04082676195410af9988bbec54d077a1 x86_64/gpdf-2.8.2-5.2.x86_64.rpm cd07f08c971ab7424449bec211bbf846 x86_64/debug/gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-5.2.x86_64.rpm 1ba354c5318dd2556f02b49f4566c56d i386/gpdf-2.8.2-5.2.i386.rpm 6d27c4d5db419da05b21602d594841bb i386/debug/gpdf-debuginfo-2.8.2-5.2.i386.rpm This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-announce-list mailing list fedora-announce-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-list


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