| Description: |
The remote host is missing an update to poppler
announced via advisory USN-631-1.
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
Details follow:
Felipe Andres Manzano discovered that poppler did not correctly initialize
certain page widgets. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious
PDF file, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash applications
linked against poppler, leading to a denial of service.
Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 7.10:
libpoppler2 0.6-0ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libpoppler2 0.6.4-1ubuntu3.1
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-631-1
Risk factor : High |
