INFORMATION BULLETIN

S-342: Popper Vulnerability

[Debian Security Advisory DSA-1606-1]

July 28, 2008 19:00 GMT


PROBLEM:	It was discovered that poppler, a PDF rendering library, did not properly handle embedded fonts in PDF files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted font object.
PLATFORM:	Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
DAMAGE:	Execute arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:	Upgrade to the appropriate version.

VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT:	The risk is MEDIUM. A PDF rendering library did not properly handle embedded fonts in PDF files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted font object.

CVSS 2 BASE SCORE: TEMPORAL SCORE: VECTOR:	7.5 6.2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C)

LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN:	http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-342.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN:	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1606

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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1606-1 poppler -- programming error

Date Reported:

09 Jul 2008

Affected Packages:

poppler

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 476842.

More information:

It was discovered that poppler, a PDF rendering library, did not properly handle embedded fonts in PDF files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted font object.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.5-5.1etch3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.0-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your poppler package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/poppler_0.4.5-5.1etch3.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/poppler_0.4.5-5.1etch3.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/poppler_0.4.5.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-qt_0.4.5-5.1etch3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-glib_0.4.5-5.1etch3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/poppler-utils_0.4.5-5.1etch3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-qt-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-glib-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2_0.4.5-5.1etch3_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-qt-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-glib-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-glib_0.4.5-5.1etch3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2_0.4.5-5.1etch3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-qt_0.4.5-5.1etch3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/poppler-utils_0.4.5-5.1etch3_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-glib_0.4.5-5.1etch3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/poppler-utils_0.4.5-5.1etch3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2_0.4.5-5.1etch3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-glib-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-qt_0.4.5-5.1etch3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-qt-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_arm.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2_0.4.5-5.1etch3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-glib_0.4.5-5.1etch3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/poppler-utils_0.4.5-5.1etch3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-glib-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-qt_0.4.5-5.1etch3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-qt-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-glib_0.4.5-5.1etch3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-qt-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-qt_0.4.5-5.1etch3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-glib-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/poppler-utils_0.4.5-5.1etch3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2_0.4.5-5.1etch3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2_0.4.5-5.1etch3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-qt_0.4.5-5.1etch3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-glib-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-qt-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/poppler-utils_0.4.5-5.1etch3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-glib_0.4.5-5.1etch3_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-glib-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2_0.4.5-5.1etch3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-glib_0.4.5-5.1etch3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-qt-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/poppler-utils_0.4.5-5.1etch3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-qt_0.4.5-5.1etch3_mips.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/poppler-utils_0.4.5-5.1etch3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2_0.4.5-5.1etch3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-glib-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-qt_0.4.5-5.1etch3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-qt-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-glib_0.4.5-5.1etch3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2_0.4.5-5.1etch3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-qt_0.4.5-5.1etch3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-glib-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/poppler-utils_0.4.5-5.1etch3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-qt-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-glib_0.4.5-5.1etch3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/poppler-utils_0.4.5-5.1etch3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-glib_0.4.5-5.1etch3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-qt-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2-qt_0.4.5-5.1etch3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler0c2_0.4.5-5.1etch3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/poppler/libpoppler-glib-dev_0.4.5-5.1etch3_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.



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