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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201804-03 ] Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities]
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2018 15:31:40
Message-Id: 20180408152844.GE24250@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201804-03
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: April 08, 2018
10 Bugs: #644388, #645868
11 ID: 201804-03
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, the worst of which
19 could allow a Denial of Service.
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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 < 0.61.1 >= 0.61.1
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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 A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF,
44 could cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified
45 impacts.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.61.1"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-1000456
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000456
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-14975
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14975
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-14976
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14976
69 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-14977
70 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14977
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72 Availability
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75 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
76 the Gentoo Security Website:
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78 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-03
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80 Concerns?
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83 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
84 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
85 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
86 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
87 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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89 License
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92 Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
93 belongs to its owner(s).
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95 The contents of this document are licensed under the
96 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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98 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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