Security update for poppler

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:3910-1
Release Date:	2025-11-02T12:18:24Z
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:	Basesystem Module 15-SP6 Basesystem Module 15-SP7 SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 LTS SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 LTS SUSE Manager Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Server 4.3 LTS

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 (bsc#1250908)
• CVE-2025-52885: improved pointer handling that could have led 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:

• SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 LTS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.3-LTS-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 LTS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.3-LTS-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Manager Server 4.3 LTS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.3-LTS-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2025-3910=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-3910=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2025-3910=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2025-3910=1

Package List:

• SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 LTS (x86_64)
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 LTS (x86_64)
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Manager Server 4.3 LTS (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-devel-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-glib-devel-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-tools-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-tools-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-devel-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-glib-devel-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-tools-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-tools-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-devel-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-glib-devel-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-tools-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-tools-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-devel-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-glib-devel-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-tools-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-tools-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • libpoppler89-debuginfo-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • poppler-debugsource-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1
  • libpoppler89-0.79.0-150200.3.46.1

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