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Mandriva: Updated poppler packages fix vulnerability Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake Kees Cook of Ubuntu security found a flaw in how poppler prior to version 0.6 displayed malformed fonts embedded in PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause applications using poppler to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened (CVE-2008-1693). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2008:089
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : poppler
 Date    : April 17, 2008
 Affected: Corporate 4.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 Kees Cook of Ubuntu security found a flaw in how poppler prior
 to version 0.6  displayed malformed fonts embedded in PDF files.
 An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause
 applications using poppler to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary
 code when opened (CVE-2008-1693).
 
 The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1693
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Corporate 4.0:
 4701915c12ecf895dcb4772a31d1deca  corporate/4.0/i586/libpoppler0-0.4.1-3.7.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
 c36f50db21bdb368aadfcb518c1309e6  corporate/4.0/i586/libpoppler0-devel-0.4.1-3.7.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
 0e79560be87df742afeaae41956d075a  corporate/4.0/i586/libpoppler-qt0-0.4.1-3.7.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
 c4dc210352c366f877372ebb941a9ed2  corporate/4.0/i586/libpoppler-qt0-devel-0.4.1-3.7.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 
 a0835933cb055b6ed7b7d7bbe8de0d06  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/poppler-0.4.1-3.7.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

 Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
 10f7767b01ec173c2c7ad69ec7ba1fb1  corporate/4.0/x86_64/lib64poppler0-0.4.1-3.7.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
 47a486fbf806c84175cbb101ef86a2e9  corporate/4.0/x86_64/lib64poppler0-devel-0.4.1-3.7.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
 d206062518205787f3938681d401c543  corporate/4.0/x86_64/lib64poppler-qt0-0.4.1-3.7.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
 9954016767660f2cdc85ba6a10346dcb  corporate/4.0/x86_64/lib64poppler-qt0-devel-0.4.1-3.7.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm 
 a0835933cb055b6ed7b7d7bbe8de0d06  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/poppler-0.4.1-3.7.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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