Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - 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.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:089
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : poppler
Date : April 17, 2008
Affected: Corporate 4.0
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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.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1693
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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
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