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Ubuntu: 4091-1 Critical: Poppler Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey August 12, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A security alert warns of a vulnerability in poppler that may lead to system crashes on Ubuntu while processing specially crafted PDF files. Users should update quickly to mitigate risks
poppler could be made to crash if it received specially crafted PDF.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu poppler

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04: libpoppler85 0.74.0-0ubuntu1.3 poppler-utils 0.74.0-0ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libpoppler73 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.10 poppler-utils 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.10 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2019-14494

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August 12, 2019

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security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu poppler

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.74.0-0ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.62.0-2ubuntu2.10

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