TITLE:
Gentoo updates for xpdf / gpdf / cups / poppler

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18055

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18055/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued updates for xpdf / gpdf / cups / poppler. These fix
some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to compromise a
vulnerable or a user's system.

For more information:
SA17897
SA17940
SA17976
SA17912

SOLUTION:
Apply updates.

Xpdf Users:
Update to "app-text/xpdf-3.01-r2" or later.

GPdf Users:
Update to "app-text/gpdf-2.10.0-r2" or later.

CUPS Users:
Update to "net-print/cups-1.1.23-r3" or later.

Poppler Users:
Update to "app-text/poppler-0.4.2-r1" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200512-08.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17897:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17897/

SA17940:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17940/

SA17976:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17976/

SA17912:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17912/

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