full-disclosure - [ GLSA 200807-04 ] Poppler: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Message-ID: <4873B666.1030207@gentoo.org>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:48:06 +0200
From: Matthias Geerdsen <vorlon@...too.org>
To: gentoo-announce@...too.org
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
	security-alerts@...uxsecurity.com
Subject: [ GLSA 200807-04 ] Poppler: User-assisted
 execution of arbitrary code

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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
     -------------------------------------------------------------------
   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
==========

   [ 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
security@...too.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

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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