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Mandrake update for Xpdf
Secunia Advisory: SA9141
Release Date: 2003-06-30
Last Update: 2003-07-24
Popularity: 6,318 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Mandrake Corporate Server 2.x
Mandrake Linux 9.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2003-0434


Description:
MandrakeSoft has issued updated packages for Xpdf. These fix a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system by luring the user into viewing a specially crafted PDF document.

For more information:
http://secunia.com/advisories/9037/

Solution:
Upgrade automatically using MandrakeUpdate or manually by downloading the updated packages from one of MandrakeSoft's FTP server mirrors:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php


Updated packages:

Corporate Server 2.1:
12939cf7ca98085acc4f6ba5d741a8c6 corporate/2.1/RPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.i586.rpm
1a9bdf930d450c8b7f506d987805aa42 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
5f22b8c7e2a03f4ad1d452b23348c967 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.x86_64.rpm
1a9bdf930d450c8b7f506d987805aa42 x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.0:
12939cf7ca98085acc4f6ba5d741a8c6 9.0/RPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.i586.rpm
1a9bdf930d450c8b7f506d987805aa42 9.0/SRPMS/xpdf-1.01-4.3mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1:
6f95f03b679a5e834ce8e19f440ebeed 9.1/RPMS/xpdf-2.01-2.2mdk.i586.rpm
cfe1fa4745fd0ab9488bc7490ba8919e 9.1/SRPMS/xpdf-2.01-2.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC:
e4648afe258244c0bb59ecc533478816 ppc/9.1/RPMS/xpdf-2.01-2.2mdk.ppc.rpm
cfe1fa4745fd0ab9488bc7490ba8919e ppc/9.1/SRPMS/xpdf-2.01-2.2mdk.src.rpm

Changelog:
2003-07-24: Updated with new packages because the previous packages didn't fix the vulnerability properly.

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2003:071


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