Security update for poppler

SUSE Security Update: Security update for poppler
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1626-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1059066 #1060220 #1064593 #1074453 #1092105
Cross-References:CVE-2017-1000456 CVE-2017-14517 CVE-2017-14617 CVE-2017-15565 CVE-2018-10768
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4

An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for poppler fixes the following issues:
These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-14617: Fixed a floating point exception in Stream.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files. (bsc#1060220)
  • CVE-2017-1000456: Validate boundaries in TextPool::addWord to prevent overflows in subsequent calculations (bsc#1074453)
  • CVE-2017-15565: Prevent NULL Pointer dereference in the GfxImageColorMap::getGrayLine() function via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1064593)
  • CVE-2018-10768: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function. A crafted input could have lead to a remote denial of service attack (bsc#1092105).

This update also fixes an additional segmentation fault that is trigger by the reproducer for CVE-2017-14517 (bsc#1059066).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-1626=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2020-1626=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • libpoppler44-0.24.4-14.16.6
    • libpoppler44-debuginfo-0.24.4-14.16.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • libpoppler44-0.24.4-14.16.6
    • libpoppler44-debuginfo-0.24.4-14.16.6

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