Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in pdftohtml, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
pdftohtml "StreamPredictor::StreamPredictor()" Integer Overflow
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26436
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26436/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
pdftohtml 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/4297/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in pdftohtml, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the use of vulnerable Xpdf code,
which may allow the execution of arbitrary code.
For more information:
SA26188
The vulnerability affects version 0.39. Other versions may also be
affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted PDF files.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:160
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26188:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26188/
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