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SUSE: CVE-2015-8868: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-8868: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/06/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/19/2016
Modified
08/13/2021

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ExponentialFunction::ExponentialFunction function in Poppler before 0.40.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid blend mode in the ExtGState dictionary in a crafted PDF document.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler-glib-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler-glib4
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler-glib8
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler-qt2
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler-qt3-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler-qt4-3
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler-qt4-4
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler-qt4-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler44
  • suse-upgrade-libpoppler5
  • suse-upgrade-poppler-tools
  • suse-upgrade-typelib-1_0-poppler-0_18

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:1543-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1544-1
  • RHSA-2016:2580
  • DLA-446-1
  • DSA-3563
  • 89324
  • USN-2958-1
  • GLSA-201611-15
  • CVE-2015-8868
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