GLSA 201801-17: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/17/2018
Bugs:	#619558, #620198, #622430, #624708, #627390
ID:	201801-17

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, the worst of which could allow the execution of 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	< 0.57.0-r1	>= 0.57.0-r1	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF, could execute arbitrary code or cause 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-0.57.0-r1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201801-17.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.