[tex-live] xpdf libraries and security update

Norbert Preining preining at logic.at
Thu Aug 18 16:57:20 CEST 2005


Dear friends!

As far as I see the xpdf in our depot is still vulnerable to
	CAN-2005-2097: DoS through PDFs with crafted loca tables
Does this hit TeX live? Which programs do make use of xpdf libraries?
Is it possible to drop in xpdf-3.01?

Best wishes

Norbert

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