Gentoo: GLSA-201401-21: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Poppler. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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
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.
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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.
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.