USN-3440-1: poppler vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3440-1
6th October, 2017
poppler vulnerabilities
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 version:
- 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:
-
poppler-utils
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7
-
libpoppler44
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3440-1: poppler vulnerabilities
