Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2009:1501.
Xpdf is an X Window System based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in Xpdf. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause Xpdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0791, CVE-2009-1188, CVE-2009-3604, CVE-2009-3606, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)
Red Hat would like to thank Adam Zabrocki for reporting the CVE-2009-3604 issue, and Chris Rohlf for reporting the CVE-2009-3608 issue.
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct these issues.
Solution
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date
References
Updated on 2017-03-28
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0791, CVE-2009-1188, CVE-2009-3604, CVE-2009-3606, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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