100261 – app-text/pdftohtml: DoS from XPDF issue

Bug 100261 - app-text/pdftohtml: DoS from XPDF issue

Summary: app-text/pdftohtml: DoS from XPDF issue

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	A4 [ebuild+] koon
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Reported:	2005-07-25 11:52 UTC by Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED)
Modified:	2005-08-11 07:33 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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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