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[USN-3350-1] poppler vulnerabilities

Posted on 07 July 2017
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3350-1
July 07, 2017

poppler vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

poppler could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened=
a
specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- poppler: PDF rendering library

Details:

Aleksandar Nikolic discovered that poppler incorrectly handled JPEG 2000
images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted=

PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute=

arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2017-2820)

Jiaqi Peng discovered that the poppler pdfunite tool incorrectly parsed
certain malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were trick=
ed
into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to crash=
,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-7511)

It was discovered that the poppler pdfunite tool incorrectly parsed certa=
in
malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to hang,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-7515)

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled JPEG 2000 images. If a=

user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an=

attacker could cause cause poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2017-9083)

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled memory when processing=

PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to consume resources,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9406, CVE-2017-9408)

Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca, and Suleman Ali discovered that the popple=
r
pdftocairo tool incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an=

attacker could cause poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-9775)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 17.04:
libpoppler-cpp0v5 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.1
libpoppler-glib8 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.1
libpoppler-qt4-4 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.1
libpoppler-qt5-1 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.1
libpoppler64 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.1
poppler-utils 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 16.10:
libpoppler-cpp0v5 0.44.0-3ubuntu2.1
libpoppler-glib8 0.44.0-3ubuntu2.1
libpoppler-qt4-4 0.44.0-3ubuntu2.1
libpoppler-qt5-1 0.44.0-3ubuntu2.1
libpoppler61 0.44.0-3ubuntu2.1
poppler-utils 0.44.0-3ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libpoppler-cpp0 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2
libpoppler-glib8 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2
libpoppler-qt4-4 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2
libpoppler-qt5-1 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2
libpoppler58 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2
poppler-utils 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libpoppler-cpp0 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5
libpoppler-glib8 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5
libpoppler-qt4-4 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5
libpoppler-qt5-1 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5
libpoppler44 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5
poppler-utils 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5

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


References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3350-1
CVE-2017-2820, CVE-2017-7511, CVE-2017-7515, CVE-2017-9083,
CVE-2017-9406, CVE-2017-9408, CVE-2017-9775

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.48.0-2ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.44.0-3ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5



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