[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
RHN Errata Alert: Important: gpdf security update
- Subject: RHN Errata Alert: Important: gpdf security update
- From: Red Hat Network Alert <dev-null@rhn.redhat.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:13:14 -0400
Red Hat Network has determined that the following advisory is applicable to
one or more of the systems you have registered:
Complete information about this errata can be found at the following location:
https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/errata/details/Details.do?eid=9264
Security Advisory - RHSA-2009:1503-1
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Summary:
Important: gpdf security update
An updated gpdf package that fixes multiple security issues is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
Description:
GPdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in GPdf. An attacker could
create a malicious PDF file that would cause GPdf to crash or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-0791, CVE-2009-1188,
CVE-2009-3604, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)
Red Hat would like to thank Adam Zabrocki for reporting the CVE-2009-3604
issue, and Chris Rohlf for reporting the CVE-2009-3608 issue.
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
backported patch to correct these issues.
References:
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------
Taking Action
-------------
You may address the issues outlined in this advisory in two ways:
- select your server name by clicking on its name from the list
available at the following location, and then schedule an
errata update for it:
https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/systems/SystemList.do
- run the Update Agent on each affected server.
---------------------------------
Changing Notification Preferences
---------------------------------
To enable/disable your Errata Alert preferences globally please log in to RHN
and navigate from "Your RHN" / "Your Account" to the "Preferences" tab.
URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/account/UserPreferences.do
You can also enable/disable notification on a per system basis by selecting an
individual system from the "Systems List". From the individual system view
click the "Details" tab.
---------------------
Affected Systems List
---------------------
This Errata Advisory may apply to the systems listed below. If you know that
this errata does not apply to a system listed, it might be possible that the
package profile for that server is out of date. In that case you should refresh
the system's package profile by running *one* of the following commands as root
on that system:
* 'up2date -p' (on Enterprise Linux systems prior to RHEL5)
* 'rhn-profile-sync' (on Enterprise Linux 5 or later)
There are 17 affected systems registered in 'Your RHN' (only systems for
which you have explicitly enabled Errata Alerts are shown).
Release Arch Profile Name
-------- -------- ------------
4AS i686 node1.mpifc
4AS i686 node2.mpifc
4AS i686 node3.mpifc
4AS i686 node4.mpifc
4AS athlon unknown
The Red Hat Network Team
This message is being sent by Red Hat Network Alert to:
RHN user login: ucidcs
If you lost your RHN password, you can use the information above to
retrieve it by email from the following address:
htts://www.redhat.com/wapps/sso/rhn/lostPassword.html
To cancel these notices, go to:
https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/account/UserPreferences.do