Gentoo: GLSA-201611-15 Normal: Poppler Remote Code Execution Threat
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November 22, 2016
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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-0.42.0"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2015-8868 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-8868
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-15
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 22, 2016
Bugs: #542220, #579752
ID: 201611-15
Background
Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/poppler < 0.42.0 >= 0.42.0
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
using 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.
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