Bug#635849: xpdf: crafted .pdf.gz file name can delete any single-letter-named file

2011-08-28 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 12:16:49PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:44:48 +0100 Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > I'll get this done when I get a chance. Once these are prepared will you be > willing to sponsor the upload? I'm just a lowly DM right now. Yes, please upload to ment

Bug#635849: xpdf: crafted .pdf.gz file name can delete any single-letter-named file

2011-08-28 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:44:48 +0100 Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > Package: xpdf > Followup-For: Bug #635849 > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Dear maintainer, > > Recently you fixed one or more security problems and as a result you closed > this bug. These problems were not s

Bug#635849: xpdf: crafted .pdf.gz file name can delete any single-letter-named file

2011-08-28 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
Package: xpdf Followup-For: Bug #635849 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear maintainer, Recently you fixed one or more security problems and as a result you closed this bug. These problems were not serious enough for a Debian Security Advisory, so they are now on my radar for fixi

Bug#635849: xpdf: crafted .pdf.gz file name can delete any single-letter-named file

2011-07-29 Thread Chung-chieh Shan
Vincent Lefevre wrote: > One can even execute commands up to 3 characters! e.g. Oh, I see. I also just realized that the single-letter file name to delete can be * -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...

Bug#635849: xpdf: crafted .pdf.gz file name can delete any single-letter-named file

2011-07-29 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2011-07-28 23:51:02 -0400, Chung-chieh Shan wrote: > Using a crafted .pdf.gz file name (which could be sent from a Web > server to a browser, for example), xpdf can be fooled into deleting an > unrelated file as long as its name is a single letter. One can even execute commands up to 3 characte

Bug#635849: xpdf: crafted .pdf.gz file name can delete any single-letter-named file

2011-07-28 Thread Chung-chieh Shan
Package: xpdf Version: 3.02-18 Severity: critical Justification: causes serious data loss Using a crafted .pdf.gz file name (which could be sent from a Web server to a browser, for example), xpdf can be fooled into deleting an unrelated file as long as its name is a single letter. $ touch y