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USN-850-2: poppler regression

Publication date

22 October 2009

Overview

poppler regression

Releases

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Details

USN-850-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. The security fix for
CVE-2009-3605 introduced a regression that would cause certain
applications, such as Okular, to segfault when opening certain PDF files.

This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that poppler contained multiple security issues when
parsing malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the
program.

USN-850-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. The security fix for
CVE-2009-3605 introduced a regression that would cause certain
applications, such as Okular, to segfault when opening certain PDF files.

This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that poppler contained multiple security issues when
parsing malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the
program.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient 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
9.04 jaunty libpoppler-glib4 –  0.10.5-1ubuntu2.5
libpoppler4 –  0.10.5-1ubuntu2.5
8.10 intrepid libpoppler3 –  0.8.7-1ubuntu0.5
libpoppler-glib3 –  0.8.7-1ubuntu0.5
8.04 hardy libpoppler2 –  0.6.4-1ubuntu3.4
libpoppler-glib2 –  0.6.4-1ubuntu3.4
6.06 dapper libpoppler1 –  0.5.1-0ubuntu7.7
libpoppler1-glib –  0.5.1-0ubuntu7.7

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