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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-21
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 21, 2014
Bugs: #489720, #496770
ID: 201401-21
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, allowing remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service
condition.
Background
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Poppler is a cross-platform PDF rendering library originally based on
Xpdf.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/poppler < 0.24.5 >= 0.24.5
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Poppler. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
in an application linked against Poppler, possibly resulting in
execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a
Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=app-text/poppler-0.24.5”
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-4473
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4473
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-4474
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4474
[ 3 ] CVE-2013-7296
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7296
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-21.xml
Concerns?
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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
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Copyright 2014 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.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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