USN-4646-1: poppler vulnerabilities

Publication date

25 November 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in poppler.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an
attacker could cause a denial of service.

It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an
attacker could cause a denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic libpoppler73 –  0.62.0-2ubuntu2.11
poppler-utils –  0.62.0-2ubuntu2.11
16.04 xenial libpoppler58 –  0.41.0-0ubuntu1.15
poppler-utils –  0.41.0-0ubuntu1.15

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