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Ubuntu alert USN-3647-1 (poppler)

From:  "Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leo.barbosa@canonical.com>
To:  ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  [USN-3647-1] poppler vulnerabilities
Date:  Tue, 15 May 2018 15:44:24 -0300
Message-ID:  <1526409864.11811.16.camel@canonical.com>

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3647-1 May 15, 2018 poppler vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: poppler could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted PDF. Software Description: - poppler: PDF rendering library Details: It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-18267) It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-10768) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:   libpoppler73                    0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1   poppler-utils                   0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 17.10:   libpoppler68                    0.57.0-2ubuntu4.3   poppler-utils                   0.57.0-2ubuntu4.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:   libpoppler58                    0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7   poppler-utils                   0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:   libpoppler44                    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11   poppler-utils                   0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References:   https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3647-1   CVE-2017-18267, CVE-2018-10768 Package Information:   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.62.0-2ubun...   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.57.0-2ubun...   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.41.0-0ubun...   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.24.5-2ubun...-- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...


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