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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66113
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-850-2)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'poppler' package(s) announced via the USN-850-2 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'poppler' package(s) announced via the USN-850-2 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
USN-850-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. The security fix for
CVE-2009-3605 introduced a regression that would cause certain
applications, such as Okular, to segfault when opening certain PDF files.

This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that poppler contained multiple security issues when
parsing malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the
program.

Affected Software/OS:
'poppler' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3605
1021706
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021706.1-1
274030
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-274030-1
37114
http://secunia.com/advisories/37114
MDVSA-2009:334
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:334
MDVSA-2011:175
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
SUSE-SR:2009:018
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
USN-850-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=284a92899602daa4a7f429e61849e794569310b5
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=7b2d314a61fd0e12f47c62996cb49ec0d1ba747a
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=9cf2325fb22f812b31858e519411f57747d39bd8
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-3605
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491840
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/poppler_0.10.5-1ubuntu2.4.diff.gz
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/poppler_0.8.7-1ubuntu0.4.diff.gz
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7731
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7731
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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