USN-3433-1: 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 service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.04. (CVE-2017-14517)

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-2017-14519)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.04

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

Ubuntu 16.04

• libpoppler58 - 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.3
• poppler-utils - 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 14.04

• libpoppler44 - 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.6
• poppler-utils - 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.6

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

References

• CVE-2017-14517
• CVE-2017-14519