Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2958-1
2nd May, 2016
poppler vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
poppler could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially
crafted file.
Software description
- poppler
– PDF rendering library
Details
It was discovered that the poppler pdfseparate tool incorrectly handled
certain filenames. A local attacker could use this issue to cause the tool
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-4473,
CVE-2013-4474)
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF
documents. 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-2015-8868)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 15.10:
-
poppler-utils
0.33.0-0ubuntu3.1
-
libpoppler-cpp0
0.33.0-0ubuntu3.1
-
libpoppler-glib8
0.33.0-0ubuntu3.1
-
libpoppler-qt5-1
0.33.0-0ubuntu3.1
-
libpoppler-qt4-4
0.33.0-0ubuntu3.1
-
libpoppler52
0.33.0-0ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
poppler-utils
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4
-
libpoppler-qt4-4
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4
-
libpoppler44
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4
-
libpoppler-glib8
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4
-
libpoppler-cpp0
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4
-
libpoppler-qt5-1
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
libpoppler-glib8
0.18.4-1ubuntu3.2
-
libpoppler-cpp0
0.18.4-1ubuntu3.2
-
libpoppler-qt4-3
0.18.4-1ubuntu3.2
-
libpoppler19
0.18.4-1ubuntu3.2
-
poppler-utils
0.18.4-1ubuntu3.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.