Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for poppler. This fixes a vulnerability, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for poppler
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29869
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29869/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13651/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for poppler. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA29836
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0239.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29836:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29836/
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