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Posted on 21 January 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-21
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 21, 2014
Bugs: #489720, #496770
ID: 201401-21

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Synopsis
========
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, allowing remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service
condition.

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 < 0.24.5 >= 0.24.5

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

Impact
======
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
in an application linked against Poppler, possibly resulting in
execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a
Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.24.5"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-4473
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4473
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-4474
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4474
[ 3 ] CVE-2013-7296
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7296

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-21.xml

Concerns?
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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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Copyright 2014 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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