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 a
crafted 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 update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2017-15565

Source: USN-3467-1: poppler vulnerability

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