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TITLE:
GNOME gpdf Temporary File Writing Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16400

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16400/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
GNOME 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/3277/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in gpdf, which can be exploited by
malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on a vulnerable
system.

For more information:
SA16294

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 2.8.3 and 2.10.

SOLUTION:
Secunia is not currently aware of any official patches or updated
versions fixing this vulnerability.

Don't open untrusted PDF documents.

Some Linux vendors have issued updated packages.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Marcus Meissner

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Red Hat:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-708.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16294:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16294/

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