vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-2958-1 (CVE-2015-8868): poppler vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 2, 2016 | May 2, 2016 | Apr 14, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 2, 2016
Added
May 2, 2016
Modified
Apr 14, 2025
Description
It was discovered that the poppler pdfseparate tool incorrectly handled
certain filenames. A local attacker could use this issue to cause the tool
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-4473,
CVE-2013-4474)
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly parsed certain 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 possibly
execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2015-8868)
Solution(s)
ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler-cpp0ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler-glib8ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler-qt4-3ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler-qt4-4ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler-qt5-1ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler19ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler44ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler52ubuntu-upgrade-poppler-utils
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