| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to gpdf
announced via advisory FEDORA-2005-1125.
This is GPdf, a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files for
GNOME. GPdf is based on the Xpdf program and uses additional GNOME
libraries for better desktop integration.
GPdf includes the gpdf application, a Bonobo control for PDF display
which can be embedded in Nautilus, and a Nautilus property page for
PDF files.
Update Information:
Several flaws were discovered in Xpdf, which is used
internally by gpdf. An attacker could
construct a carefully crafted PDF file that could cause gpdf
to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the
name CVE-2005-3193 to these issues.
Users of gpdf should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains a patch to resolve these issues.
* Tue Dec 6 2005 Ray Strode 2.8.2-5.2
- apply patch for CVE-2005-3193 (bug 175100)
Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/
This update can also be installed with the Update Agent
you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2005-1125
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score:
5.1
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