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SciLinux: SL5.x poppler Critical Security Update for PDF Issues

Calendar Nov 13, 2007 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory critical application crash pdf issue poppler sl5
Important: poppler security update 
Date:         Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:00:23 -0600
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for poppler on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: poppler security update
Issue date:	2007-11-07
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4352 CVE-2007-5392 CVE-2007-5393

Alin Rad Pop discovered several flaws in the handling of PDF files. An
attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause an 
application linked with poppler to crash, or potentially execute 
arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2007-4352, CVE-2007-5392, CVE-2007-5393)

SL 5.x

   SRPMS:
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.src.rpm
   i386:
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5.i386.rpm
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5.i386.rpm
poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.3.el5.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5.i386.rpm
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5.i386.rpm
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.3.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson