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author | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200709-12.xml b/glsa-200709-12.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ecba5e21 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200709-12.xml @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200709-12"> + <title>Poppler: Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Poppler is vulnerable to an integer overflow and a stack overflow. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">poppler</product> + <announced>September 19, 2007</announced> + <revised>September 19, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>188863</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/poppler" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.5.4-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.5.4-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Poppler is a cross-platform PDF rendering library originally based on + Xpdf. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + 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. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + 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. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version of Poppler: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.5.4-r2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3387">CVE-2007-3387</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:44:56 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:45:03 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:10:32 +0000"> + aetius + </metadata> +</glsa> |