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Subject:
Security ERRATA Important: xpdf on SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:27:47 -0600
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Synopsis:	Important: xpdf security update
Issue date:	2009-12-16
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-4035

Petr Gajdos and Christian Kornacker of SUSE reported a buffer overflow 
flaw in Xpdf's Type 1 font parser. A specially-crafted PDF file with an 
embedded Type 1 font could cause Xpdf to crash or, possibly, execute 
arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-4035)

SL 4.x

     SRPMS:
xpdf-3.00-23.el4_8.1.src.rpm
     i386:
xpdf-3.00-23.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
     x86_64:
xpdf-3.00-23.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

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