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TITLE:
Xpdf "StreamPredictor::StreamPredictor()" Integer Overflow
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26188

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26188/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Xpdf 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/4128/
Xpdf 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/920/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Xpdf, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow within
"StreamPredictor::StreamPredictor()" in xpdf/Stream.cc and can be
exploited to cause a buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into
opening a specially crafted PDF file in Xpdf.

Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 3.02. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch xpdf-3.02pl1.patch.
ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl1.patch

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Red Hat credits Maurycy Prodeus.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Xpdf patch:
ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl1.patch

Red Hat:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248194

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