USN-4646-1: poppler vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• 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.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04

• libpoppler73 - 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.11
• poppler-utils - 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.11

Ubuntu 16.04

• libpoppler58 - 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.15
• poppler-utils - 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.15

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

References

• CVE-2020-27778
• CVE-2018-21009
• CVE-2019-10871
• CVE-2019-9959
• CVE-2019-13283