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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-2950: Poppler: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-2950: Poppler: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/07/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The Page destructor in Page.cc in libpoppler in Poppler 0.8.4 and earlier deletes a pageWidgets object even if it is not initialized by a Page constructor, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-poppler

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