Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200804-18.
Solution
All Poppler users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/poppler-0.6.3'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200804-18 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216850
Insight
Poppler does not handle fonts inside PDF files safely, allowing for execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-1693 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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