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Ubuntu 20.04 & 18.04: 5026-1 Critical: QPDF DoS Threats

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities in QPDF were resolved in the Ubuntu update for July 2021, emphasizing the potential for denial of service threats.
Several security issues were fixed in QPDF.

Summary

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security advisory critical software update DoS remote attack Ubuntu QPDF

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libqpdf26 9.1.1-1ubuntu0.1 qpdf 9.1.1-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libqpdf21 8.0.2-3ubuntu0.1 qpdf 8.0.2-3ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5026-1

CVE-2018-18020, CVE-2021-36978

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July 29, 2021

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security advisory critical software update DoS remote attack Ubuntu QPDF

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qpdf/9.1.1-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qpdf/8.0.2-3ubuntu0.1

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