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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-9776: Security patch for poppler (ALAS-2017-902)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-9776: Security patch for poppler (ALAS-2017-902)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/22/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/30/2017
Modified
02/02/2018

Description

Integer overflow leading to Heap buffer overflow in JBIG2Stream.cc in pdftocairo in Poppler before 0.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-poppler

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