Slackware alert SSA:2007-222-02 (poppler)

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[slackware-security]  poppler (SSA:2007-222-02)
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Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:54:55 -0700 (PDT)
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[slackware-security]  poppler (SSA:2007-222-02)

A new poppler package is available for Slackware 12.0 to fix an
integer overflow.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3387

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/poppler-0.5.4-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz:
  Patched to fix an integer overflow in code borrowed from xpdf.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3387
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new package:
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HINT:  Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try.  This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
from ftp.slackware.com.

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!  :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patc...


MD5 signature:
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Slackware 12.0 package:
d173df595b7767066d540890878ee444  poppler-0.5.4-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg poppler-0.5.4-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz


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