GLSA 201611-15: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:11/22/2016
Bugs: #542220, #579752
ID:201611-15

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
app-text/poppler < 0.42.0 >= 0.42.0 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Poppler. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF using Poppler, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.42.0"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201611-15.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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