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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3440-1
October 06, 2017
poppler vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– 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 cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-14518, CVE-2017-14520, CVE-2017-14617, CVE-2017-14929,
CVE-2017-14975, CVE-2017-14977)
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 17.04 and 16.04. (CVE-2017-14926, CVE-2017-14928)
Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali 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. (CVE-2017-9776)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 17.04:
libpoppler64 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.3
poppler-utils 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libpoppler58 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4
poppler-utils 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libpoppler44 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7
poppler-utils 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3440-1
CVE-2017-14518, CVE-2017-14520, CVE-2017-14617, CVE-2017-14926,
CVE-2017-14928, CVE-2017-14929, CVE-2017-14975, CVE-2017-14977,
CVE-2017-9776
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.48.0-2ubuntu2.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7
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