SUSE: 2018:1691-1 Moderate: Poppler Denial of Service Addressed
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June 14, 2018
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for poppler fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-14977: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock() function in FoFiTrueType.cc that occurred due to lack of validation of a table pointer, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack. (bsc#1061265) - CVE-2017-1000456: Validate boundaries in TextPool::addWord to prevent overflows in subsequent calculations (bsc#1074453) - CVE-2017-15565: Prevent NULL Pointer dereference in the GfxImageColorMap::getGrayLine() function via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1064593) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
Topics Covered
References
#1061265 #1064593 #1074453
Cross- CVE-2017-1000456 CVE-2017-14977 CVE-2017-15565
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000456.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14977.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15565.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1061265
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1064593
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1074453
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1691-1
Rating: moderate
Topics Covered
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