Poppler: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200807-04 / poppler
Release Date	July 08, 2008
Latest Revision	July 08, 2008: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
app-text/poppler	< 0.6.3-r1	>= 0.6.3-r1	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #229931

Synopsis

Poppler is affected by a memory management issue, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

Poppler is a cross-platform PDF rendering library originally based on Xpdf.

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.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.6.3-r1"

4. References

CVE-2008-2950

Updated July 08, 2008

Summary: This is a Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

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