"Apple Bug" number six hits Windows, Linux too
The Month of Apple Bugs has turned up another cross-platform issue - this time one that affects Windows, Linux and potentially other operating systems in addition to Mac OS X.
The latest problem concerns PDF files. According to LMH, the PDF 1.3 specification has a design flaw in that a malformed catalog dictionary (which references the various objects and data that make up the document) or Pages entries (which allow readers to handle large documents in relatively little memory) results in undefined program behaviour.
It appears that some common PDF-reading applications - Mac OS X's Preview 3.0.8 (ie, the current version), Adobe Reader 7.0 and earlier (including Acrobat Reader), and xpdf 3.0.1 patch 2 (current) and its derivatives - fail to check the validity of invalid entries, and this can result in a variety of error conditions. Adobe Reader 8.0 "is not affected apparently."
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- 1355 reads
- PDF version
More in Tux Machines
- Highlights
- Front Page
- Latest Headlines
- Archive
- Recent comments
- All-Time Popular Stories
- Hot Topics
- New Members
digiKam 7.7.0 is releasedAfter three months of active maintenance and another bug triage, the digiKam team is proud to present version 7.7.0 of its open source digital photo manager. See below the list of most important features coming with this release. |
Dilution and Misuse of the "Linux" Brand
|
Samsung, Red Hat to Work on Linux Drivers for Future TechThe metaverse is expected to uproot system design as we know it, and Samsung is one of many hardware vendors re-imagining data center infrastructure in preparation for a parallel 3D world. Samsung is working on new memory technologies that provide faster bandwidth inside hardware for data to travel between CPUs, storage and other computing resources. The company also announced it was partnering with Red Hat to ensure these technologies have Linux compatibility. |
today's howtos
|
Recent comments
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago