Ubuntu: 4042-1 Critical: Poppler Denial Of Service and Code Execution Risks

ubuntu

June 27, 2019

Several security issues were fixed in poppler.

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

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue software update code execution Ubuntu poppler

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.