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[ GLSA 200709-12 ] Poppler: Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities
From: Raphael Marichez <falco () gentoo org>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:48:19 +0200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200709-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Poppler: Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities Date: September 19, 2007 Bugs: #188863 ID: 200709-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Poppler is vulnerable to an integer overflow and a stack overflow. Background ========== Poppler is a cross-platform PDF rendering library originally based on Xpdf. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/poppler < 0.5.4-r2 >= 0.5.4-r2 Description =========== Poppler and Xpdf are vulnerable to an integer overflow in the StreamPredictor::StreamPredictor function, and a stack overflow in the StreamPredictor::getNextLine function. The original vulnerability was discovered by Maurycy Prodeus. Note: Gentoo's version of Xpdf is patched to use the Poppler library, so the update to Poppler will also fix Xpdf. Impact ====== By enticing a user to view a specially crafted program with a Poppler-based PDF viewer such as Gentoo's Xpdf, Epdfview, or Evince, a remote attacker could cause an overflow, 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 of Poppler: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.5.4-r2" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2007-3387 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3387 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-12.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 http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2007 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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