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From: glsamaker@g.o
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202209-21 ] Poppler: Arbitrary Code Execution
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:40:38
Message-Id: 166446144201.9.2106576169389467735@90bb6a0775af
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202209-21
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: Poppler: Arbitrary Code Execution
9 Date: September 29, 2022
10 Bugs: #867958
11 ID: 202209-21
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability has been discovered in Poppler which could allow for
19 arbitrary code execution.
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21 Background
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24 Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 app-text/poppler < 22.09.0 >= 22.09.0
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Poppler. Please review
38 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 Processing a specially crafted PDF file or JBIG2 image could lead to a
44 crash or the execution of arbitrary code.
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46 Workaround
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49 Avoid opening untrusted PDFs.
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51 Resolution
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54 All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-22.09.0"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2021-30860
63 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30860
64 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-38784
65 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38784
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-21
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2022 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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