1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-542-1

USN-542-1: poppler vulnerabilities

Publication date

14 November 2007

Overview

poppler vulnerabilities

Releases

Packages

Details

Secunia Research discovered several vulnerabilities in poppler. If a
user were tricked into loading a specially crafted PDF file, a remote
attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary
code with the user’s privileges in applications linked against poppler.

Secunia Research discovered several vulnerabilities in poppler. If a
user were tricked into loading a specially crafted PDF file, a remote
attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary
code with the user’s privileges in applications linked against poppler.

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect 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
7.10 gutsy libpoppler2 –  0.6-0ubuntu2.1
7.04 feisty libpoppler1 –  0.5.4-0ubuntu8.2
6.10 edgy libpoppler1 –  0.5.4-0ubuntu4.3
6.06 dapper libpoppler1 –  0.5.1-0ubuntu7.3

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