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ELSA-2007-1029 Important: Enterprise Linux xpdf security update

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ELSA-2007-1029 Important: Enterprise Linux xpdf security update

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/07/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CCITTFaxStream::lookChar method in xpdf/Stream.cc in Xpdf 3.02p11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that contains a crafted CCITTFaxDecode filter.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-xpdf

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