USN-3886-1: poppler vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• 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-2018-20551, CVE-2019-7310)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10

• libpoppler79 - 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.5
• poppler-utils - 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 18.04

• libpoppler73 - 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7
• poppler-utils - 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7

Ubuntu 16.04

• libpoppler58 - 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12
• poppler-utils - 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12

Ubuntu 14.04

• libpoppler44 - 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.16
• poppler-utils - 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.16

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

References

• CVE-2018-20551
• CVE-2019-7310