Ubuntu Security Notice 4042-1 - It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4042-1
June 27, 2019
poppler vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in poppler.
Software Description:
- poppler: PDF rendering library
Details:
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an
attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04:
libpoppler85 0.74.0-0ubuntu1.2
poppler-utils 0.74.0-0ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 18.10:
libpoppler79 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.7
poppler-utils 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.7
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libpoppler73 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.9
poppler-utils 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.9
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libpoppler58 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.14
poppler-utils 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.14
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1
CVE-2017-9865, CVE-2018-18897, CVE-2018-20662, CVE-2019-10018,
CVE-2019-10019, CVE-2019-10021, CVE-2019-10023, CVE-2019-10872,
CVE-2019-10873, CVE-2019-12293, CVE-2019-9200, CVE-2019-9631,
CVE-2019-9903
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.74.0-0ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.68.0-0ubuntu1.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.62.0-2ubuntu2.9
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.41.0-0ubuntu1.14