GLSA 201611-15: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/22/2016
Bugs:	#542220, #579752
ID:	201611-15

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-text/poppler	< 0.42.0	>= 0.42.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Poppler. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF using Poppler, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.42.0"

References

CVE-2015-8868

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201611-15.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.