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+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #173888 +++ Derek Noonburg sent us a patch for xpdf to correct a number of security issues. This is due to be public 20051201. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted PDF file that could cause Xpdf to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. -- Additional comment from mjc on 2005-11-22 03:42 EST -- Created an attachment (id=121332) Proposed patch from Derek
Attachment 121940 [details] contains a more complete patch which was taken from our recent xpdf update.
From User-Agent: XML-RPC poppler-0.4.1-1.2 has been pushed for FC4, which should resolve this issue. If these problems are still present in this version, then please make note of it in this bug report.
Please note that the original patch for this issue is incomplete. I'll post details of a complete patch once we have one.
The patches for these issues are in attachment 122226 [details] and attachment 122227 [details]. The sooner we can have new packages rolled the better as the Christmas holiday is quickly approaching.
There aren't currently any reproducers for these issues. Please note that these issues affect xpdf, kdegraphics, cups, gpdf, tetex and poppler. Some cooperation will probably make things easier.
From User-Agent: XML-RPC An update for FC4 has been released with a fix for this problem. Package is poppler-0.4.3-1.3.