GLSA 202209-21: Poppler: Arbitrary Code Execution

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Severity:	high
Title:	Poppler: Arbitrary Code Execution
Date:	09/29/2022
Bugs:	#867958
ID:	202209-21

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Poppler which could allow for arbitrary code execution.

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	< 22.09.0	>= 22.09.0	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

Processing a specially crafted PDF file or JBIG2 image could lead to a crash or the execution of arbitrary code.

Workaround

Avoid opening untrusted PDFs.

Resolution

All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-22.09.0"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202209-21.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.