1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3517-1

USN-3517-1: poppler vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 January 2018

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in poppler.

Releases

Packages

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)

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
17.10 artful libpoppler68 –  0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2
poppler-utils –  0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2
17.04 zesty libpoppler64 –  0.48.0-2ubuntu2.5
poppler-utils –  0.48.0-2ubuntu2.5
16.04 xenial libpoppler58 –  0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6
poppler-utils –  0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6
14.04 trusty libpoppler44 –  0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9
poppler-utils –  0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9

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