<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200502-10"> <title>pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf</title> <synopsis> pdftohtml includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code upon converting a malicious PDF file. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">pdftohtml</product> <announced>2005-02-09</announced> <revised count="01">2005-02-09</revised> <bug>78629</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="app-text/pdftohtml" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.36-r3</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.36-r3</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> pdftohtml is a utility to convert PDF files to HTML or XML formats. It makes use of Xpdf code to decode PDF files. </p> </background> <description> <p> Xpdf is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, as described in GLSA 200501-28. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> An attacker could entice a user to convert a specially-crafted PDF file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running pdftohtml. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All pdftohtml users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/pdftohtml-0.36-r3"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-28.xml">GLSA 200501-28</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0064">CAN-2005-0064</uri> </references> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-02-05T20:35:14Z"> vorlon078 </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-02-09T15:54:21Z"> vorlon078 </metadata> </glsa>