USN-3517-1: poppler vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 17.10
• 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 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

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

Ubuntu 17.10

• libpoppler68 - 0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2
• poppler-utils - 0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2

Ubuntu 17.04

• libpoppler64 - 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.5
• poppler-utils - 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.5

Ubuntu 16.04

• libpoppler58 - 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6
• poppler-utils - 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6

Ubuntu 14.04

• libpoppler44 - 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9
• poppler-utils - 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9

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

References

• CVE-2017-1000456
• CVE-2017-14976