MGASA-2013-0261

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    MGASA-2013-0261

    Published: 26 Aug 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-2142

    Summary: Updated xpdf packages fixes security vulnerability

    Details: PDF files could be used to inject shell code when xpdf was run from some terminal emulators, due to the use of escape sequences in error messages (CVE-2012-2142).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0261.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11061, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789936, http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.496284

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xpdf

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/xpdf?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.03-2.1.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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