MGASA-2017-0360

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    MGASA-2017-0360

    Published: 5 Oct 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated poppler packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in the XRef::parseEntry() function in XRef.cc via a crafted PDF document. (CVE-2017-14517) In Poppler 0.59.0, memory corruption occurs in a call to Object::streamGetChar in Object.h after a repeating series of Gfx::display, Gfx::go, Gfx::execOp, Gfx::opShowText, and Gfx::doShowText calls (aka a Gfx.cc infinite loop). (CVE-2017-14519) In Poppler 0.59.0, a floating point exception occurs in Splash::scaleImageYuXd() in Splash.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files. (CVE-2017-14520)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0360.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21784, https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3433-1/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1494582

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: poppler

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/poppler?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.26.5-2.4.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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    High