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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3757-1
August 29, 2018
poppler vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
poppler could be made to crash if it received specially crafted
PDF file.
Software Description:
– poppler: PDF rendering library
Details:
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:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libpoppler73 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.2
poppler-utils 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libpoppler58 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.8
poppler-utils 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.8
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libpoppler44 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.12
poppler-utils 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.12
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3757-1
CVE-2018-13988
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.62.0-2ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.41.0-0ubuntu1.8
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