Gentoo alert 201611-15 (poppler)
| From: | Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org> | |
| To: | gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org | |
| Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201611-15 ] Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Tue, 22 Nov 2016 20:38:23 +0900 | |
| Message-ID: | <1ed04497-c723-4d21-9443-70325e74960d@gentoo.org> |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201611-15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: November 22, 2016 Bugs: #542220, #579752 ID: 201611-15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Background ========== Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/poppler < 0.42.0 >= 0.42.0 Description =========== 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 using Poppler, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. 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-0.42.0" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2015-8868 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-... Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-15 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 https://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2016 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