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Gentoo: GLSA-201401-22 Normal: GraphicsMagick Vulnerabilities

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Several security flaws found in Poppler may enable remote code execution or trigger a Denial of Service. Apply updates to reduce potential threats.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote code execution multiple issues Denial of Service Poppler

Resolution

All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.24.5"

References

[ 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

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-21
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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: January 21, 2014
Bugs: #489720, #496770
ID: 201401-21

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote code execution multiple issues Denial of Service Poppler

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/poppler < 0.24.5 >= 0.24.5

Impact

===== 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

There is no known workaround at this time.