Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-002.txt http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-007.txt http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041021-1.txt http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/ad2f3337-26bf-11d9-9289-000c41e2cdad.html
Insight
The following packages are affected:
gpdf
cups-base
xpdf
kdegraphics
koffice
teTeX-base
CVE-2004-0888
Multiple integer overflows in xpdf 2.0 and 3.0, and other packages that use xpdf code such as CUPS, gpdf, and kdegraphics, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, a different set of vulnerabilities than those identified by CVE-2004-0889.
CVE-2004-0889
Multiple integer overflows in xpdf 3.0, and other packages that use xpdf code such as CUPS, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, a different set of vulnerabilities than those identified by CVE-2004-0888.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0888, CVE-2004-0889 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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