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: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2017-15565

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2yerTOM