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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: 6281-3 Moderate: ImageMagick Security Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey August 3, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Recent Poppler vulnerabilities identified in Ubuntu pose significant crash risks. Detailed update instructions are available for the impacted versions.
poppler could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

poppler could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- poppler: PDF rendering library

Details:

Jieyong Ma discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed

PDF files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause poppler

to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu

20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-27337)

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF

files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause poppler to

crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu

22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-34872)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service system update software issue ubuntu poppler

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
   libpoppler126                   22.12.0-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libpoppler118                   22.02.0-2ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libpoppler97                    0.86.1-0ubuntu1.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6273-1

CVE-2022-27337, CVE-2023-34872

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6273-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service system update software issue ubuntu poppler

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/22.12.0-2ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/22.02.0-2ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.86.1-0ubuntu1.2

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