Conectiva Information for VU#200132

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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE   : xpdf
SUMMARY   : Embedded commands execution vulnerability
DATE      : 2003-07-04 10:57:00
ID        : CLA-2003:674
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 7.0, 8, 9

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DESCRIPTION
Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

This update fixes a vulnerability that allows attackers to embed
commands in document hyperlinks. If the user clicks in an hyperlink
created by the attacker, it can execute malicious commands when
calling a external program (web browsers, mail programs, etc).

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2003-0434 to this issue.


SOLUTION
All xpdf users should upgrade.


REFERENCES:
1.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0434


UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/xpdf-0.92-2U70_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/xpdf-0.92-2U70_2cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/xpdf-0.93-2U80_2cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/xpdf-0.93-2U80_2cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/xpdf-2.01-22930U90_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/xpdf-2.01-22930U90_1cl.src.rpm


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

- run:                 apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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