TITLE:
pdftohtml Xpdf Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17921

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17921/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access, DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
pdftohtml 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/4297/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in pdftohtml, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
potentially to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to the use of a vulnerable version
of Xpdf.

For more information:
SA17897

The vulnerabilities affect version 0.36. Other versions may also be
affected.

SOLUTION:
Don't use the tool for converting untrusted PDF documents.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Debian:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=342289

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17897:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17897/

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