USN-3467-1: poppler vulnerability
USN-3467-1: poppler vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3467-1 30th October, 2017 poppler vulnerability 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 poppler could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file. 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 acrafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 17.10: libpoppler68 0.57.0-2ubuntu4.1 poppler-utils 0.57.0-2ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 17.04: libpoppler64 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.4 poppler-utils 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.4 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libpoppler58 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.5 poppler-utils 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: poppler-utils 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.8 libpoppler44 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.8 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system [ more… ]
