RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : xpdf (RHSA-2007:0735)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25819

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated xpdf packages that fix a security issue in PDF handling are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Xpdf is an X Window System-based viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Maurycy Prodeus discovered an integer overflow flaw in the processing of PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause Xpdf to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened.
(CVE-2007-3387)

All users of Xpdf should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected xpdf package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3387

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0735

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25819

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0735.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xpdf, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2007

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3387

BID: 25124

CWE: 189

RHSA: 2007:0735