From: Matthias Geerdsen (vorlongentoo.org)
Date: Tue Jul 08 2008 - 13:48:06 CDT

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200807-04
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   Severity: Normal
      Title: Poppler: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
       Date: July 08, 2008
       Bugs: #229931
         ID: 200807-04

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Synopsis
========

Poppler is affected by a memory management issue, which could lead to
the execution of arbitrary code.

Background
==========

Poppler is a cross-platform PDF rendering library originally based on
Xpdf.

Affected packages
=================

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      Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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   1 app-text/poppler < 0.6.3-r1 >= 0.6.3-r1

Description
===========

Felipe Andres Manzano reported a memory management issue in the Page
class constructor/destructor.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
file with a Poppler-based PDF viewer such as Gentoo's Xpdf, Epdfview,
or Evince, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running the application.

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-0.6.3-r1"

References
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   [ 1 ] CVE-2008-2950
         http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2950

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

   http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-04.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
securitygentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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