Bug 698595 - Bogus memory allocation size when browsing a PDF in Evince
Summary: Bogus memory allocation size when browsing a PDF in Evince
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: poppler
Version: 5.5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Marek Kašík
QA Contact: desktop-bugs@redhat.com
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Depends On: 598945
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-04-21 10:48 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2013-01-11 03:57 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

Fixed In Version: poppler-0.5.4-4.4.el5_6.15
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Due to an error in memory allocation, previous versions of poppler may have terminated unexpectedly while rendering certain PDF documents. With this update, the underlying source code has been modified to address this issue, and poppler no longer fails to render such PDF documents.
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Last Closed: 2011-05-18 12:52:52 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0517 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE poppler bug fix update 2011-05-18 12:52:46 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2011-04-21 10:48:07 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #598945 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.6 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 5 Jaromir Hradilek 2011-05-11 13:40:17 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Due to an error in memory allocation, previous versions of poppler may have terminated unexpectedly while rendering certain PDF documents. With this update, the underlying source code has been modified to address this issue, and poppler no longer fails to render such PDF documents.
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-18 12:52:52 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0517.html
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