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A kpdf security update has been released

0. References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0888
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0889
CESA-2004-002 - rev 1
CESA-2004-007 - rev 1

1. Systems affected:

All KDE 3.2.x releases, KDE 3.3.0 and KDE 3.3.1.

2. Overview:

Chris Evans notified the KDE security team about multiple integer overflow and integer arithmetic flaws in xpdf 3.0.

These flaws, if exploited, can cause xpdf (and therefore kpdf) to hang using 100% CPU, crash the viewer or corrupt the program heap. It might be possible to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned CAN-2004-0889 to this issue.

kpdf, the KDE pdf viewer, shares code with xpdf 2.02. This code is significantly different from the xpdf 3.0 codebase, but is also affected by similiar issues. Sebastian Krahmer from the SUSE security team developed a patch that corrects integer overflows in the XRef code. This patch is made available below for kpdf as shipped in the KDE 3.2.x releases. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned CAN-2004-0888 to this issue.

KDE 3.3.1 contains a kpdf based on xpdf 3.0. We're providing a patch to fix the remaining integer overflows in this code base.

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KDE 1683 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

KDE 3.3.1 has been released. Here the full press release:

October 12, 2004 (The INTERNET). The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.3.1, a maintenance release for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes. KDE 3.3.1 ships with a basic desktop and eighteen other packages (PIM, administration, network, edutainment, utilities, multimedia, games, artwork, web development and more). KDE's award-winning tools and applications are available in 50 languages.

KDE, including all its libraries and its applications, is available for free under Open Source licenses. KDE can be obtained in source and numerous binary formats from http://download.kde.org and can also be obtained on CD-ROM or with any of the major GNU/Linux - UNIX systems shipping today.