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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61251
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200807-04 (poppler)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200807-04.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200807-04.

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

Solution:
All poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2950
BugTraq ID: 30107
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30107
Bugtraq: 20080707 [oCERT-2008-007] libpoppler uninitialized pointer (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493980/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20080709 rPSA-2008-0223-1 poppler (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494142/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6032
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00161.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-04.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:146
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020435
http://secunia.com/advisories/30963
http://secunia.com/advisories/31002
http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
http://secunia.com/advisories/31267
http://secunia.com/advisories/31405
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3977
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:015 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-631-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2024/references
XForce ISS Database: poppler-page-destructor-code-execution(43619)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43619
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