poppler could be made to crash if opened a specially crafted file.
It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.04. (CVE-2017-14517)
2 October 2017
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
poppler could be made to crash if opened a specially crafted file.
It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.04. (CVE-2017-14517)
It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-14519)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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.
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