Ubuntu Security Notice USN-603-1
17th April, 2008
poppler vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- 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 version:
- 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 LTS:
- libpoppler1 0.5.1-0ubuntu7.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect
the necessary changes.