Security update for poppler

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:3900-1
Release Date:	2025-10-31T14:56:41Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1250908 bsc#1251940
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-43718 CVE-2025-52885
CVSS scores:	CVE-2025-43718 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-43718 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H CVE-2025-43718 ( NVD ): 2.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-43718 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-52885 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-52885 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H CVE-2025-52885 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Affected Products:	openSUSE Leap 15.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for poppler fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2025-43718: Fixed uncontrolled recursion in the regex-based metadata parser when processing specially crafted PDF files allows for stack exhaustion and denial of service (bsc#1250908).
• CVE-2025-52885: Fixed raw pointers can lead to dangling pointers when the vector is resized (bsc#1251940).

Patch Instructions:

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

• openSUSE Leap 15.5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3900=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-3900=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3900=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3900=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2025-3900=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-qt5-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-qt6-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-qt6-3-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-qt5-1-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-qt6-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-qt5-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-tools-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-qt5-1-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-glib-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-qt6-3-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-tools-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
  • libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-32bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-32bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-32bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-32bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64_ilp32)
  • libpoppler-glib8-64bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-64bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-64bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-64bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-64bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-64bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-tools-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-glib-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-tools-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-tools-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-glib-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-tools-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-tools-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-glib-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-tools-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-tools-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-glib-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler126-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • poppler-tools-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43718.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-52885.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250908
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251940