- Issued:
- 2010-10-07
- Updated:
- 2010-10-07
RHSA-2010:0749 - Important: poppler security update
Synopsis
Important: poppler security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Important
Topic
Updated poppler packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Description
Poppler is a Portable Document Format (PDF) rendering library, used by applications such as Evince.
An uninitialized pointer use flaw was discovered in poppler. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that, when opened, would cause applications that use poppler (such as Evince) to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-3702)
An array index error was found in the way poppler parsed PostScript Type 1 fonts embedded in PDF documents. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that, when opened, would cause applications that use poppler (such as Evince) to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-3704)
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.s390.rpm
- poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.i386.rpm
- poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.i386.rpm
- poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.x86_64.rpm
- poppler-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.ppc.rpm
- poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.ia64.rpm
- poppler-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.s390.rpm
- poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.ppc64.rpm
- poppler-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.ia64.rpm
- poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.s390x.rpm
- poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.s390x.rpm
- poppler-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.s390x.rpm
- poppler-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.src.rpm
- poppler-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.i386.rpm
- poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.ia64.rpm
- poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.ppc.rpm
- poppler-devel-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.x86_64.rpm
- poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.ppc.rpm
- poppler-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.x86_64.rpm
- poppler-0.5.4-4.4.el5_5.14.ppc64.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.