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Debian 7: DLA-1074-1 Moderate: Poppler Buffer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey August 29, 2017
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Elevate the Poppler package on Debian 7 to address buffer and integer overflow vulnerabilities that may lead to application crashes or threaten system security.
Several buffer and integer overflow issues were discovered in Poppler, a PDF library, that could lead to application crash or possibly other unspecified impact via maliciously craf...
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Summary

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
0.18.4-6+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your poppler packages.

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


Package: poppler
Version: 0.18.4-6+deb7u2
CVE ID: CVE-2013-4473 CVE-2013-4474 CVE-2017-9775 CVE-2017-9776

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