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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TITLE:
Poppler Embedded Fonts Processing Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29836
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/29836/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Poppler 0.x
https://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:
https://secunia.com/advisories/29816/
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