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Ubuntu 18.04 USN-3757-1 Moderate: Poppler Denial Of Service Exposure

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poppler could be made to crash if it received specially crafted PDF file.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3757-1
August 29, 2018

poppler vulnerability
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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:
  
  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

Ubuntu 18.04 USN-3757-1 Moderate: Poppler Denial Of Service Exposure

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Important patch released for Ubuntu remedying poppler security flaw resulting in service disruption. Safeguard your device immediately!
poppler could be made to crash if it received specially crafted PDF file.

Summary

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

 

  CVE-2018-13988

August 29, 2018

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

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