GLSA 201804-03: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:04/08/2018
Bugs: #644388, #645868
ID:201804-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, the worst of which could allow a Denial of Service.

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 < 0.61.1 >= 0.61.1 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 cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impacts.

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-0.61.1"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201804-03.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.

License

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