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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3837-2

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3837-2
Posted Dec 11, 2018
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3837-2 - USN-3837-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. A regression was reported regarding the previous update. This update fixes the problem. It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, vulnerability
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2018-16646, CVE-2018-19149
SHA-256 | 8fed6ebe40d4f1f0c78717df38ab91407e184817e9673600ee7c3e3b45430861

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3837-2

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3837-2
December 11, 2018

poppler regression
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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:

USN-3837-1 introduced a regression in poppler.

Software Description:
- poppler: PDF rendering library

Details:

USN-3837-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. A regression was reported
regarding the previous update. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory 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-2018-16646)

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-19149)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
libpoppler79 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.3
poppler-utils 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libpoppler73 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.5
poppler-utils 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.5

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libpoppler58 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.10
poppler-utils 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.10

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libpoppler44 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.14
poppler-utils 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.14

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3837-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3837-1
CVE-2018-16646, CVE-2018-19149

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.68.0-0ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.62.0-2ubuntu2.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.41.0-0ubuntu1.10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.24.5-2ubuntu4.14
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