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Posted on 01 May 2016
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3563-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
May 01, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : poppler
CVE ID : CVE-2015-8868
It was discovered that a heap overflow in the Poppler PDF library may
result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary
code if a malformed PDF file is opened.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.26.5-2+deb8u1.
For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.38.0-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.38.0-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your poppler packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
