Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21829
Revision Date:2014-05-26Version:13
Title:ELSA-2008:0239: poppler security update (Important)
Description:The CairoFont::create function in CairoFontEngine.cc in Poppler, possibly before 0.8.0, as used in Xpdf, Evince, ePDFview, KWord, and other applications, does not properly handle embedded fonts in PDF files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted font object, related to dereferencing a function pointer associated with the type of this font object.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2008-1693
ELSA-2008:0239-01
Platform(s):Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):poppler
Definition Synopsis
  • Oracle Linux 5.x
  • AND rpm test
  • poppler-utils is earlier than 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
  • OR poppler is earlier than 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
  • OR poppler-devel is earlier than 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
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