MGASA-2017-0402

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    MGASA-2017-0402

    Published: 6 Nov 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 SplashOutputDev::type3D0() function in SplashOutputDev.cc via a crafted PDF document. (CVE-2017-14927) The FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability if an out-of-bounds font dictionary index is encountered, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-14976) In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in the GfxImageColorMap::getGrayLine() function in GfxState.cc via a crafted PDF document. (CVE-2017-15565)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0402.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21939, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500345, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500324, https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-14927.html, https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-14976.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3467-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: poppler

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.26.5-2.7.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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