Bug 163920

Summary:	CAN-2005-2097 gpdf DoS
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	gpdf	Assignee:	Kristian Høgsberg <krh>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	4.0	CC:	dcbw, hp, mpg, security-response-team
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	impact=moderate,source=vendorsec,reported=20050721,public=20050809
Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2005-708	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Josh Bressers 2005-07-21 23:34:44 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #163918 +++

A broken PDF file is will create a file in /tmp and continue to fill it until
the filesystem is full.

Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2005-07-21 23:35:50 UTC

The patch for this issue is attachment 117043 [details]
The demo exploit for this issue is attachment 117042 [details]

Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2005-07-21 23:36:46 UTC

gpdf contains an internal version of xpdf.

Comment 5 Kristian Høgsberg 2005-08-01 20:51:48 UTC

Errata filed:

  http://porkchop.redhat.com/errata/showrequest.cgi?advisory=2005:708

Comment 6 Mark J. Cox 2005-08-10 08:38:32 UTC

removing embargo

Comment 7 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-08-10 17:38:40 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-708.html