USN-3517-1: poppler vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3517-1
8th January, 2018
poppler vulnerabilities
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 version:
- 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:
-
poppler-utils
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9
-
libpoppler44
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9
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.
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