Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 764
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 764

Gentoo: GLSA-201310-03 Normal: Poppler Code Execution Risk

gentoo
Calendar Grey October 6, 2013
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security weaknesses in Poppler may enable the execution of unauthorized code. Users are recommended to update.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo code execution poppler normal severity

Resolution

All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.22.2-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-0146 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0146 [ 2 ] CVE-2009-0147 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0147 [ 3 ] CVE-2009-0165 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0165 [ 4 ] CVE-2009-0166 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0166 [ 5 ] CVE-2009-0195 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0195 [ 6 ] CVE-2009-0799 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0799 [ 7 ] CVE-2009-0800 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0800 [ 8 ] CVE-2009-1179 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-1179 [ 9 ] CVE-2009-1180 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-1180 [ 10 ] CVE-2009-1181 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-1181 [ 11 ] CVE-2009-1182 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-1182 [ 12 ] CVE-2009-1183 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-1183 [ 13 ] CVE-2009-1187 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

Read the Full Advisory

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-03
style>.gentoo_availability{display:block;}

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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 06, 2013
Bugs: #263028, #290430, #290464, #308017, #338878, #352581,
ID: 201310-03

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo code execution poppler normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Poppler is a cross-platform PDF rendering library originally based on Xpdf.

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/poppler < 0.22.2-r1 >= 0.22.2-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF file, 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.

Your message here