CVE-2011-1552

Publication date 31 March 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

t1lib 5.1.2 and earlier, as used in Xpdf before 3.02pl6, teTeX, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Type 1 font in a PDF document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0764.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
t1lib	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.10.2
	11.04 natty	Fixed 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.04.2
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.10.2
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.04.2
	9.10 karmic	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

xpdf in natty is now built with the poppler engine xpdf in earlier releases seems to use system t1lib

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
t1lib	Vendor: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692909

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)