Packages
- poppler - PDF rendering library
Details
USN-4646-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. The fix for CVE-2019-10871
introduced a regression causing certain applications linked against poppler
to fail. This update backs out the fix pending further investigation.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory 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.
USN-4646-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. The fix for CVE-2019-10871
introduced a regression causing certain applications linked against poppler
to fail. This update backs out the fix pending further investigation.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory 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
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | libpoppler73 – 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12 | ||
| poppler-utils – 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.12 | |||
| 16.04 LTS xenial | libpoppler58 – 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16 | ||
| poppler-utils – 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.16 | |||
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