Summary
The remote host is missing an update to poppler
announced via advisory USN-850-3.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 9.10:
libpoppler-glib4 0.12.0-0ubuntu2.1
libpoppler5 0.12.0-0ubuntu2.1
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-850-3
Insight
USN-850-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 9.10.
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-2009-3603, CVE-2009-3604, CVE-2009-3607, CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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