Multiple security holes have been found in the xpdf library which gpdf embbeds:
CVE-2005-2097
xpdf does not properly validate the "loca" table in PDF files, which allows
local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and hang) via a
PDF file with a "broken" loca table, which causes a large temporary file to
be created when xpdf attempts to reconstruct the information.
CVE-2005-3193
Heap-based buffer overflow in the JPXStream::readCodestream function in the
JPX stream parsing code (JPXStream.c) for xpdf 3.01 and earlier allows
user-complicit attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) and
possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file with large size values
that cause insufficient memory to be allocated.
CVE-2005-3624
The CCITTFaxStream::CCITTFaxStream function in Stream.cc for gpdf allows
attackers to corrupt the heap via negative or large integers in a
CCITTFaxDecode stream, which lead to integer overflows and integer
underflows.
CVE-2005-3625
Xpdf allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via
streams that end prematurely, as demonstrated using the (1) CCITTFaxDecode
and (2) DCTDecode streams, aka "Infinite CPU spins."
CVE-2005-3626
Xpdf allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted
FlateDecode stream that triggers a null dereference.
CVE-2005-3627
Stream.cc in Xpdf allows attackers to modify memory and possibly execute
arbitrary code via a DCTDecode stream with (1) a large "number of components"
value that is not checked by DCTStream::readBaselineSOF or
DCTStream::readProgressiveSOF, (2) a large "Huffman table index" value that
is not checked by DCTStream::readHuffmanTables, and (3) certain uses of the
scanInfo.numComps value by DCTStream::readScanInfo.
CVE-2005-3628
Buffer overflow in the JBIG2Bitmap::JBIG2Bitmap function in JBIG2Stream.cc in
Xpdf allows attackers to modify memory and possibly execute arbitrary code
via unknown attack vectors.
Please note, these issues have already been fixed in stable from the following
security announcements:
DSA-780-1, DSA-931-1, DSA-932-1, DSA-936-1, DSA-937-1, DSA-938-1, DSA-940-1,
DSA-950-1
For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in version 2.10.0-1+etch1
For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version 2.10.0-2
This upgrade is recommended if you use gpdf.
If you have the secure testing lines in your sources.list, you can update by running this command as root:
apt-get update && apt-get install gpdf
To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://secure-testing-mirrors.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://secure-testing-mirrors.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free