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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201804-03 |
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https://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: April 08, 2018 |
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Bugs: #644388, #645868 |
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ID: 201804-03 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, the worst of which |
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could allow a Denial of Service. |
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Background |
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Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-text/poppler < 0.61.1 >= 0.61.1 |
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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, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF, |
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could cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified |
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impacts. |
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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-0.61.1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-1000456 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000456 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2017-14975 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14975 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2017-14976 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14976 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2017-14977 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14977 |
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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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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-03 |
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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 2018 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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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |