Fedora update for xpdf
Secunia Advisory: SA18838
Release Date: 2006-02-13
Popularity: 7,240 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Fedora Core 4

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-0301


Description:
Fedora has issued an update for xpdf. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA18677

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Fedora Core 4:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/

aea6ed92fb72a3f6674e77f6d973d6227a174385 SRPMS/xpdf-3.01-0.FC4.8.src.rpm
39f47f83421e36ff6b5ab0713ca792555eaac2d3 ppc/xpdf-3.01-0.FC4.8.ppc.rpm
9b557fbbd3a8ae434c2f0ad244fa1bcf7dabe6fa ppc/debug/xpdf-debuginfo-3.01-0.FC4.8.ppc.rpm
565e4e6eefaad8c740db501fbe87424c21cb32ea x86_64/xpdf-3.01-0.FC4.8.x86_64.rpm
91fd44a731cd12ff96e76b34381c047465af3983 x86_64/debug/xpdf-debuginfo-3.01-0.FC4.8.x86_64.rpm
4d4190ad7743c84acc0ad2070ae6ece97dab7232 i386/xpdf-3.01-0.FC4.8.i386.rpm
6e39fde98f929e680ee931cc5146a23d6e7e9c67 i386/debug/xpdf-debuginfo-3.01-0.FC4.8.i386.rpm

Other References:
SA18677:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18677/


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