Gentoo update for poppler, koffice, kword, kdegraphics, and kpdf
Secunia Advisory: SA27705
Release Date: 2007-11-19
Popularity: 3,457 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-4352
CVE-2007-5392
CVE-2007-5393


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for poppler, koffice, kword, kdegraphics, and kpdf. These fix some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA27260

Solution:
Update to the latest versions:

* "app-text/poppler-0.6.1-r1"
* "kde-base/kpdf-3.5.7-r3"
* "kde-base/kdegraphics-3.5.7-r3"
* "app-office/kword-1.6.3-r2"
* "app-office/koffice-1.6.3-r2"

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-22.xml

Other References:
SA27260:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27260/


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