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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3865-1
January 22, 2019
poppler vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 18.10
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in poppler.
Software Description:
– poppler: PDF rendering library
Details:
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-20481, CVE-2018-20650)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.10:
libpoppler79 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.4
poppler-utils 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.4
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libpoppler73 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6
poppler-utils 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libpoppler58 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11
poppler-utils 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libpoppler44 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15
poppler-utils 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3865-1
CVE-2018-20481, CVE-2018-20650
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.68.0-0ubuntu1.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11
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