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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871709
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Update for poppler RHSA-2016:2580-02
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'poppler'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'poppler'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Poppler is a Portable Document Format (PDF)
rendering library, used by applications such as Evince.

Security Fix(es):

* A heap-buffer overflow was found in the poppler library. An attacker
could create a malicious PDF file that would cause applications that use
poppler (such as Evince) to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code
when opened. (CVE-2015-8868)

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Affected Software/OS:
poppler on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8868
BugTraq ID: 89324
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89324
Debian Security Information: DSA-3563 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3563
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183107.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183142.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-15
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/1
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2580
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2580.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1322 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00068.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1630 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00077.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1
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