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Fedora Security Update Fixes Xpdf Splash Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : Fedora Security Update Fixes Xpdf Splash Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-0515
CVE ID : CVE-2006-0301
Rated as : High Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-02-12

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Technical Description

Fedora has released updated packages to address a vulnerability identified in Xpdf. This flaw is due to a heap overflow error when processing malformed splash images that produce certain values that exceed the "width" or "height" of the associated bitmap, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-0389

ChangeLog

2006-02-12 : Initial release

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