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Bug 100261

Summary: app-text/pdftohtml: DoS from XPDF issue
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) <jaervosz>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: minor CC: printing
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: A4 [ebuild+] koon
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-07-25 11:52:01 UTC
See bug #99769.
Comment 1 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-07-30 07:11:45 UTC
Just sent an email to printing herd for help
Comment 2 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-08-09 00:40:17 UTC
client-based DoS -> downgrading severity
Comment 3 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-08-09 13:31:12 UTC
Now public
Comment 4 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-08-11 00:38:39 UTC
MetalGOD: want to try to apply the xpdf patch you found to this one too ?
Comment 5 Heinrich Wendel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-08-11 07:33:14 UTC
pdftohtml is not affected, it uses xpdf2 and doesn't show the described 
behaviour