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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-21 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: January 21, 2014 |
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Bugs: #489720, #496770 |
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ID: 201401-21 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, allowing remote |
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attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service |
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condition. |
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Background |
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Poppler is a cross-platform PDF rendering library originally based on |
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Xpdf. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-text/poppler < 0.24.5 >= 0.24.5 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Poppler. Please review |
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the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF |
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in an application linked against Poppler, possibly resulting in |
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execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a |
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Denial of Service condition. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.24.5" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-4473 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4473 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2013-4474 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4474 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2013-7296 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7296 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-21.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |