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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3517-1
January 08, 2018
poppler vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 17.10
– Ubuntu 17.04
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in poppler.
Software Description:
– poppler: PDF rendering library
Details:
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF
file, an attacker could execute arbitrary. (CVE-2017-1000456)
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF
file, an attacker could cause a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10.
(CVE-2017-14976)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10:
libpoppler68 0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2
poppler-utils 0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2
Ubuntu 17.04:
libpoppler64 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.5
poppler-utils 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.5
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libpoppler58 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6
poppler-utils 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libpoppler44 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9
poppler-utils 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3517-1
CVE-2017-1000456, CVE-2017-14976
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.48.0-2ubuntu2.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9
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