1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3757-1

USN-3757-1: poppler vulnerability

Publication date

29 August 2018

Overview

poppler could be made to crash if it received specially crafted PDF file.

Releases

Packages

Details

Hosein Askari discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possible use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Hosein Askari discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possible use this issue to 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 –  0.62.0-2ubuntu2.2
poppler-utils –  0.62.0-2ubuntu2.2
16.04 xenial libpoppler58 –  0.41.0-0ubuntu1.8
poppler-utils –  0.41.0-0ubuntu1.8
14.04 trusty libpoppler44 –  0.24.5-2ubuntu4.12
poppler-utils –  0.24.5-2ubuntu4.12

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