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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201611-15
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: November 22, 2016
     Bugs: #542220, #579752
       ID: 201611-15

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, the worst of which
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background
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Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  app-text/poppler             < 0.42.0                  >= 0.42.0 

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

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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.42.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-8868
      http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-8868

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-15

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/