Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, the worst of which could allow a Denial of Service.
| Package | app-text/poppler on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 0.61.1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 0.61.1 |
Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Poppler. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF, could cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impacts.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/poppler-0.61.1"