Security update for poppler,poppler-devel

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(Last modified: 03AUG2007)

solutions Security update for poppler, poppler-devel SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (243712c80ad6f0fd97a178d9d594ad77)

Applies to

Package: poppler
poppler-devel
Product(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for x86
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IPF
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IBM iSeries and IBM pSeries
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IBM zSeries
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for X86-64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IPF
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IBM POWER
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Zypp-Patch-Number: 3992
Release: 20070803
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everyone using the poppler PDF viewer should install this update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

A buffer overflow in the xpdf code inherited by poppler could be exploited by attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code by tricking the user to view malicious PDF documents with poppler. (CVE-2007-3387)

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as RPM packages that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:
rpm -Fvh poppler.rpm poppler-devel.rpm

links to download packages

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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