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Secunia Security Advisory 29836

Secunia Security Advisory 29836
Posted Apr 18, 2008
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Poppler, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

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Secunia Security Advisory 29836

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TITLE:
Poppler Embedded Fonts Processing Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29836

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29836/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Poppler 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/6386/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Poppler, which can potentially
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA29816

SOLUTION:
Do not process PDF files from untrusted sources.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Red Hat credits Kees Cook.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0239.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29816:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29816/

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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