Summary
The remote host is missing an update to poppler
announced via advisory USN-850-2.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libpoppler1 0.5.1-0ubuntu7.7
libpoppler1-glib 0.5.1-0ubuntu7.7
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libpoppler-glib2 0.6.4-1ubuntu3.4
libpoppler2 0.6.4-1ubuntu3.4
Ubuntu 8.10:
libpoppler-glib3 0.8.7-1ubuntu0.5
libpoppler3 0.8.7-1ubuntu0.5
Ubuntu 9.04:
libpoppler-glib4 0.10.5-1ubuntu2.5
libpoppler4 0.10.5-1ubuntu2.5
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-850-2
Insight
USN-850-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. The security fix for CVE-2009-3605 introduced a regression that would cause certain applications, such as Okular, to segfault when opening certain PDF files.
This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that poppler contained multiple security issues when parsing 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 execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-3605 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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