Important: poppler security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2007:1026-3
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Important
Issued on:	2007-11-07
Last updated on:	2007-11-07
Affected Products:	RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL:	com.redhat.rhsa-20071026.xml
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2007-4352 CVE-2007-5392 CVE-2007-5393

Details

Updated poppler packages that fix several security issues are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Poppler is a PDF rendering library, used by applications such as evince.

Alin Rad Pop discovered several flaws in the handling of PDF files. An
attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause an application
linked with poppler to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when
opened. (CVE-2007-4352, CVE-2007-5392, CVE-2007-5393)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to resolve these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

IA-32:
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`53b761d6d293af2a3b9cd32f13f2e89a`

x86_64:
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`53b761d6d293af2a3b9cd32f13f2e89a`
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`a3f589c0d86eb34e982bf1c52ae63ce1`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`69632e7868ae30f5c7511421493a01be`

IA-32:
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`840ac371305da7343736841e554b93e5`
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`53b761d6d293af2a3b9cd32f13f2e89a`
poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`b365b83be4738430b7c0e9d4a96f08fd`

IA-64:
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`89db64c41392198fa374d3bf30ade381`
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`aad3e4d678645b86c9bd77bdd4a504ad`
poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`f6181b9d6b21df64fa2e359c37a61643`

PPC:
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`0a47709c4831e6f4e3568ddeed38f118`
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`23983ce4d9ff84f859a2e863b0d86abd`
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`9f77a5dc7816c09217dd0735d3bc6ded`
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`f7f8106f4936cc062c9f598d1342fbf7`
poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`d8bfb3b5a50b48e003adf4c0cb06dadf`

s390x:
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`fabd0d9a73d044bc6be045570ff7415e`
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`88f22b3e51c067ef57ba1686e6a6445f`
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`1ac050d1a6d423a4fdc3727df4802632`
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`20eaefea09f74e92239b66002d4fe895`
poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`62f185765cec355ca7b1d8c1ca89aede`

x86_64:
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`840ac371305da7343736841e554b93e5`
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`c4f9253e89bb71a5d4c7a1f4d7e10f63`
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`53b761d6d293af2a3b9cd32f13f2e89a`
poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`a3f589c0d86eb34e982bf1c52ae63ce1`
poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`6a27df425f22244009394d770f58fc2c`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`69632e7868ae30f5c7511421493a01be`

IA-32:
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`840ac371305da7343736841e554b93e5`
poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`b365b83be4738430b7c0e9d4a96f08fd`

x86_64:
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`840ac371305da7343736841e554b93e5`
poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`c4f9253e89bb71a5d4c7a1f4d7e10f63`
poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0239	`6a27df425f22244009394d770f58fc2c`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

345101 - CVE-2007-4352 xpdf memory corruption in DCTStream::readProgressiveDataUnit()
345111 - CVE-2007-5392 xpdf buffer overflow in DCTStream::reset()
345121 - CVE-2007-5393 xpdf buffer overflow in CCITTFaxStream::lookChar()

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4352
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5392
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5393
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

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