<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200803-17"> <title>PDFlib: Multiple buffer overflows</title> <synopsis> Multiple stack-based buffer overflows have been reported in PDFlib. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">pdflib</product> <announced>March 10, 2008</announced> <revised>March 10, 2008: 01</revised> <bug>203287</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="media-libs/pdflib" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">7.0.2_p8</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">7.0.2_p8</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> PDFlib is a library for generating PDF on the fly. </p> </background> <description> <p> poplix reported multiple boundary errors in the pdc_fsearch_fopen() function when processing overly long filenames. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could send specially crafted content to a vulnerable application using PDFlib, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All PDFlib users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/pdflib-7.0.2_p8"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6561">CVE-2007-6561</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:26:44 +0000"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:46:32 +0000"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:46:45 +0000"> p-y </metadata> </glsa>