Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60831
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-603-1 (poppler)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-603-1 (poppler)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to poppler announced via advisory USN-603-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: It was discovered that the poppler PDF library did not correctly handle certain malformed embedded fonts. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a malicious PDF, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libpoppler1 0.5.1-0ubuntu7.4 Ubuntu 6.10: libpoppler1 0.5.4-0ubuntu4.4 Ubuntu 7.04: libpoppler1 0.5.4-0ubuntu8.3 Ubuntu 7.10: libpoppler2 0.6-0ubuntu2.2 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-603-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1693 Debian Security Information: DSA-1548 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1548 Debian Security Information: DSA-1606 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1606 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00522.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-18.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:089 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:173 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:197 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0238.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0239.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0240.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0262.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:011 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:013 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-603-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-603-2 BugTraq ID: 28830 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28830 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11226 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1265/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1266/references http://securitytracker.com/id?1019893 http://secunia.com/advisories/29851 http://secunia.com/advisories/29853 http://secunia.com/advisories/29816 http://secunia.com/advisories/29834 http://secunia.com/advisories/29836 http://secunia.com/advisories/29868 http://secunia.com/advisories/29869 http://secunia.com/advisories/29884 http://secunia.com/advisories/29885 http://secunia.com/advisories/30033 http://secunia.com/advisories/30019 http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 http://secunia.com/advisories/31035 XForce ISS Database: xpdf-pdf-code-execution(41884) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41884
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