USN-3440-1: poppler vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 17.04
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• 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.
(CVE-2017-14518, CVE-2017-14520, CVE-2017-14617, CVE-2017-14929,
CVE-2017-14975, CVE-2017-14977)

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 17.04 and 16.04. (CVE-2017-14926, CVE-2017-14928)

Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali 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. (CVE-2017-9776)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.04

• libpoppler64 - 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.3
• poppler-utils - 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 16.04

• libpoppler58 - 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4
• poppler-utils - 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 14.04

• libpoppler44 - 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7
• poppler-utils - 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7

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

References

• CVE-2017-14518
• CVE-2017-14520
• CVE-2017-14617
• CVE-2017-14926
• CVE-2017-14928
• CVE-2017-14929
• CVE-2017-14975
• CVE-2017-14977
• CVE-2017-9776