USN-603-1: poppler vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• poppler -

Details

It was discovered that the poppler PDF library did not correctly handle
certain malformed embedded fonts. If a user or an automated system were
tricked into opening a malicious PDF, a remote attacker could execute
arbitrary code with user privileges.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 7.10

• libpoppler2 - 0.6-0ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 7.04

• libpoppler1 - 0.5.4-0ubuntu8.3

Ubuntu 6.10

• libpoppler1 - 0.5.4-0ubuntu4.4

Ubuntu 6.06

• libpoppler1 - 0.5.1-0ubuntu7.4

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-1693

Related notices

• USN-603-2: koffice, kword