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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-850-3 November 02, 2009 poppler vulnerabilities CVE-2009-3603, CVE-2009-3604, CVE-2009-3607, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 9.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 9.10: libpoppler-glib4 0.12.0-0ubuntu2.1 libpoppler5 0.12.0-0ubuntu2.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: USN-850-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 9.10. Original advisory details: It was discovered that poppler contained multiple security issues when parsing 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 execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.