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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200807-04 ] Poppler: User-assisted execution of arbit |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Poppler: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 200807-04)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: July 08, 2008
Bug(s): #229931
ID: 200807-04
Synopsis
Poppler is affected by a memory management issue, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
Poppler is a cross-platform PDF rendering library originally based on Xpdf.
Affected Packages
Package: app-text/poppler
Vulnerable: < 0.6.3-r1
Unaffected: >= 0.6.3-r1
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Felipe Andres Manzano reported a memory management issue in the Page class constructor/destructor.
Impact
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF file with a Poppler-based PDF viewer such as Gentoo's Xpdf, Epdfview, or Evince, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All poppler users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.6.3-r1" |
References
CVE-2008-2950 |
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