=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3757-1
August 29, 2018

poppler vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

poppler could be made to crash if it received specially crafted
PDF file.

Software Description:
- poppler: PDF rendering library

Details:

Hosein Askari discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF
files. An attacker could possible use this issue to cause a denial of
service.

Update instructions:

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

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libpoppler58                    0.41.0-0ubuntu1.8
  poppler-utils                   0.41.0-0ubuntu1.8

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libpoppler44                    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.12
  poppler-utils                   0.24.5-2ubuntu4.12

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3757-1
  CVE-2018-13988

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.62.0-2ubuntu2.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.41.0-0ubuntu1.8
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.24.5-2ubuntu4.12