Mageia alert MGASA-2013-0261 (xpdf)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2013-0261: Updated xpdf packages fixes security vulnerability 
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Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:54:09 +0200
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MGASA-2013-0261 - Updated xpdf packages fixes security vulnerability

Publication date: 26 Aug 2013
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0261.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 2, 3
CVE: CVE-2012-2142

Description:
PDF files could be used to inject shell code when xpdf was run from some
terminal emulators, due to the use of escape sequences in error messages
(CVE-2012-2142).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11061
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936
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http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-...
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2142

SRPMS:
- 3/core/xpdf-3.03-4.1.mga3
- 2/core/xpdf-3.03-2.1.mga2