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Family: Fedora Local Security Checks --> Category: infos

Fedora Core 4 2005-1132: poppler Vulnerability Scan


Vulnerability Scan Summary
Check for the version of the poppler package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2005-1132 (poppler).

Poppler, a PDF rendering library, it's a fork of the xpdf PDF
viewer developed by Derek Noonburg of Glyph and Cog, LLC.

Update Information:

A possible hacker could construct a carefully crafted PDF file
that could cause Xpdf to crash or possibly execute arbitrary
code when opened.



Solution : Get the newest Fedora Updates
Threat Level: High

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