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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4079-2                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
April 12, 2018                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : poppler
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-9776
Debian Bug     : 890826

It was discovered that the poppler upload for the oldstable distribution
(jessie), released as DSA-4079-1, did not correctly address
CVE-2017-9776 and additionally caused regressions when rendering PDFs
embedding JBIG2 streams. Updated packages are now available to correct
this issue.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.26.5-2+deb8u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your poppler packages.

For the detailed security status of poppler please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/poppler

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-4079-2: poppler regression update

April 12, 2018
It was discovered that the poppler upload for the oldstable distribution (jessie), released as DSA-4079-1, did not correctly address CVE-2017-9776 and additionally caused regressio...

Summary

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.26.5-2+deb8u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your poppler packages.

For the detailed security status of poppler please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/poppler

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
It was discovered that the poppler upload for the oldstable distribution
(jessie), released as DSA-4079-1, did not correctly address
CVE-2017-9776 and additionally caused regressions when rendering PDFs
embedding JBIG2 streams. Updated packages are now available to correct
this issue.

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