Summary
The remote host is missing an update to poppler
announced via advisory USN-759-1.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libpoppler1 0.5.1-0ubuntu7.5
libpoppler1-glib 0.5.1-0ubuntu7.5
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libpoppler-glib2 0.6.4-1ubuntu3.2
libpoppler2 0.6.4-1ubuntu3.2
Ubuntu 8.10:
libpoppler-glib3 0.8.7-1ubuntu0.2
libpoppler3 0.8.7-1ubuntu0.2
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-759-1
Insight
Will Dormann, Alin Rad Pop, Braden Thomas, and Drew Yao discovered that poppler contained multiple security issues in its JBIG2 decoder. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.
Severity
Classification
-
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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