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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200904-07.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200904-07.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..25a8bd462acd --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200904-07.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200904-07"> + <title>Xpdf: Untrusted search path</title> + <synopsis> + A vulnerability in Xpdf might allow local attackers to execute arbitrary + code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">xpdf</product> + <announced>2009-04-07</announced> + <revised count="01">2009-04-07</revised> + <bug>242930</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/xpdf" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">3.02-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">3.02-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Xpdf is a PDF file viewer that runs under the X Window System. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Erik Wallin reported that Gentoo's Xpdf attempts to read the "xpdfrc" + file from the current working directory if it cannot find a ".xpdfrc" + file in the user's home directory. This is caused by a missing + definition of the SYSTEM_XPDFRC macro when compiling a repackaged + version of Xpdf. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local attacker could entice a user to run "xpdf" from a directory + containing a specially crafted "xpdfrc" file, resulting in the + execution of arbitrary code when attempting to, e.g., print a file. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Do not run Xpdf from untrusted working directories. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Xpdf users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/xpdf-3.02-r2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1144">CVE-2009-1144</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-04-04T12:41:57Z"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-04-04T12:52:05Z"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-04-04T12:52:11Z"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |